Piliyandala Central College

Central College Piliyandala
Location
Piliyandala
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Coordinates 6°47′59″N 79°55′15″E / 6.79972°N 79.92083°E / 6.79972; 79.92083Coordinates: 6°47′59″N 79°55′15″E / 6.79972°N 79.92083°E / 6.79972; 79.92083
Information
Type Public
Motto bodetha pabodetha dametha
"බොධෙථ පබොධෙථ දමෙථ "
Established 1887
Founder Rev.Mampe Saranapala Thero
Principal W. M. L. Wijesinghe
Staff 150
Grades Class 1 - 13
Gender Mix
Age 6 to 18
Enrollment 1000
Colour(s)

Blue, Gold & Red

            
Website www.pilicentral.sch.lk

Central College Piliyandala (First National Sports School) is a national school located in Piliyandala, Sri Lanka. It is one of the first central colleges established by Hon. C. W. W. Kannangara and has about 5000 students.[1]

History

Present day Central College Piliyandala come into existence as a result of the meritorious deed of Ven.Mampe Saranapala Thera,who through of starting a Buddhist School to save the village Buddhist children from discreet baptizing program carried through the Christian education system they received at Mampe Christian School, at that time. As a result of his guidance and advice Mattegoda School,Venivalkola School,Kesbewa Girls School came into existence and were managed by him. At the time went by, the number of children increased. Thatched room was not sufficient to keep the children.

Ven.Saranapala Thera then managed to obtain a vacant land at piliyandala belonging to Kathonis Bass Unnehe of Moratuwa,on a temporary basis. As a result of this a good era for Piliyandala Village dawned. In 1887 school was built and opened at a auspicious time due to generous contribution of people such as Ayurvedic Doctor H.D.Cornelis,Register Remains Wanigasuriya,B.D.Luwis Vidanaarachchi,Ayurvedic doctor Kesbew senasekara(Kawdana),Velun upasaka and H.D.Kirinoris. Later he appointed Mr.Jayasekara of olaboduwa as the Teacher and continued the school which was gaining momentum due to the increase of admission of more and more children.Ven.Thera thought of the future of the school and wanted a methodical and systematical management of the school; hence he handed over the school to Colombo theosophical society.

Due to the increase in student population, the Colombo theosophical society with the help of the villagers purchased a land. But they could not maintain the 300 odd student’s population including the buildings. Hence the Society vested the new land and school in the Ceylon Government. At that time school population was 323 students.Official opening of Piliyandala Central College School was held on 1944, March 4.[2]

Sports

Rugby; Carrom; Cricket; Football; Girls' Football; Chess; Wushu; Badminton; Karate; Swimming; Athletics; Basketball; Volleyball; Netball

Houses

Each student is assigned to one of the four houses: Gamunu, Vijaya, Parakrama and Thissa. These houses are named after ancient Sinhala kings of Sri Lanka. An athletic tournament among these houses is held once a year at the beginning of the first term.

Unions

Aviation society; I.T. society; Media unit; Science society; Buddhist society; Commerce society; Art society; English unit; New inventors society; Astronomy society; Sinhala Literary association; Senior prefects' guild; Junior prefects' guild;Boy and Girl Scouting ; Boys' cadet platoon; Girls' cadet platoon; Cadet western boys band; Girls' band; Dancing circle; Health club; Environment pioneer society; Web casting union.

See also

References

  1. "About Us". Piliyandala Central College. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  2. "History". Piliyandala Central College. Retrieved 15 July 2015.

External links

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