Jaffna Hindu Ladies' College Explained

Jaffna Hindu Ladies' College
Motto:"It ought to be beautiful, I live here"[1]
Streetaddress:Arasady Road, Kantharmadam
Pushpin Map:Sri Lanka Jaffna Greater
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in greater Jaffna
Pushpin Label Position:left
Schooltype:1AB
Founded:1943
Founder:Visaladchy Ammal Sivagurunathar
District:Jaffna Education Zone
Schoolnumber:1002003
Principal:V. Perinpanathan
Principal Label:Principal
Teaching Staff:84
Grades:1-13
Gender:Girls
Age Range:5-18
Roll:2,229

Jaffna Hindu Ladies' College (abbreviated as JHLC) is a provincial school in Jaffna, Sri Lanka.[2] [3]

History

In 1935 the Jaffna Hindu College started admitting girls.[4] On 10 September 1943 the Board of Management of Jaffna Hindu College and Affiliated Schools established a separate girls school - Jaffna Hindu Ladies College.[4] This was the first girls "Hindu" school. JHLC was initially located at "Ponnalayam", the home of Sivagurunathar Ponnusamy.[4] JHLC's growth necessitated larger premises and on 27 February 1944 JHLC moved to buildings at Jaffna Hindu College's playgrounds.[4]

In 1941 Visaladchy Ammal Sivagurunathar, the founder of JHLC, donated land at "Naduththoddam", Arasady Road to the college.[4] The founders husband Ramalingam Sivagurunathar and his niece Mrs. Valliammal Sivaguru also donated land to JHLC, including the Rajavarothaya Pillaiyar Temple.[4] On 7 September 1945 JHLC moved to the Arasady Road site.[4] In 1978 a new school, Jaffna Hindu Ladies' Primary School, catering for grades 1 to 5 was established next to JHLC.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Miranda . Sujitha . 14 September 2014 . Jaffna Hindu Ladies' College continues to stand fresh and firm in providing best education . .
  2. Book: Schools Basic Data as at 01.10.2010. 2010. Northern Provincial Council. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110722145504/http://notice.np.gov.lk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=85:npc-schools-basic-data-as-on-01102010. 2011-07-22.
  3. Web site: Province - Northern . Schools Having Bilingual Education Programme . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203001342/http://www.moe.gov.lk/web/images/stories/branchnews/bilungual/np.pdf . 2013-12-03 .
  4. Web site: History of the College. Jaffna Hindu Ladies' College. 2011-03-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20110722145547/http://www.jhlc.lk/about_us.html. 2011-07-22. dead.