List of the oldest schools in Sri Lanka explained

The following is a list of the oldest schools in Sri Lanka that are still functioning.

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Wesleyan Methodist Mission Batticaloa [1] [2] [3] [4]
The Galle High School Wesleyan Methodist Mission Galle [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
Wesley Girl's High SchoolWesleyan Methodist Mission Negombo [11]
Common Free School Valikamam [12] [13]
Weera Puran Appu Model School - Moratuwa Wesleyan Missionary School - Idama thenSuduwella Methodist College10 June 1817Methodist Council of England WesternColomboPiliyandalaMoratuwaModel School
Jaffna Wesleyan English School Jaffna [14] [15] [16]
Christ Church Boys' School Baddegama SeminaryChurch Mission Society of the Anglican Church Baddegama National [17] [18]
Wesleyan Methodist Mission Trincomalee [19]
Wesleyan Methodist Mission Batticaloa [20]
Cotta Institute Church Mission Society of the Anglican Church Sri Jayawardenepura [21] [22] [23]
Nallur English Seminary Church Mission Society of the Anglican Church Jaffna [24] [25]
Wesleyan Mission Central School Vadamarachchi [26]
Wesleyan Methodist Mission Trincomalee [27]
Missionary Seminary and Female Central School Valikamam [28]
Jaffna [29]
Hill Street Academy Colombo [30] [31]
Manipay Memorial English School Valikamam [32]
Wesleyan Mission Central School Vadamarachchi Provincial (APS) [33]
Christian Missionary Society of England Matara [34] [35] [36]
Jaffna [37]
St. Matthew's College, ColomboSt. Matthews College, Colombo 09/ Christian College Dematagoda Church Mission Society of the Anglican Church Colombo [38] [39] [40]
Kopay Christian College Jaffna [41]
Jaffna Catholic English School Roman Catholic Church Jaffna [42] [43] [44]
College of St. Thomas the Apostle [45] [46] [47] [48] [49]
Vadamarachchi [50]
Roman Catholic Church Kandy [51] [52] [53] [54]
Roman Catholic Church [55] [56] [57] [58]
St. Xavier's College, Nuwara Eliya Roman Catholic Church [59] [60] [61]
Trincomalee [62] [63]
Benedictine monks Colombo [64] [65] [66] [67]
Kollupitiya Girls' English School Wesleyan Methodist MissionColombo [68] [69]
Rev. Fr. Domenico Pingulani Kegalle [70]
Uva College, Badulla1867Diocesan mission of CeylonUvaBadullaBadullaBadullaNational[71] [72] [73] [74] [75]
Trincomalee [76] [77] [78]
Anglicans [79]
Valikamam [80]
Roman Catholic church Kurunegala
Good Shepherd Order Colombo [81]
Sri Dhammasara Piyaratana Maha Vidyalaya,Dodanduwa Jinalabdhi Vishodaka Ambalangoda Provincial [82]
Whitfield Road Girls' School Wesleyan Methodist Mission Galle
St. Mary's College, Negombo Roman Catholic Church Negombo [83]
Kandy Collegiate School Church Mission Society of the Anglican Church Kandy [84] [85] [86] [87] [88]
St. Anthony's College, Kayts Islands [89]
St. Mary's English School Roman Catholic Church Batticaloa [90] [91]
Matale [92]
Wesleyan Methodist MissionColombo [93] [94] [95]
Church Mission Society of the Anglican Church Colombo [96] [97]
Drieberg College Drieberg English School Thenmarachchi [98]
Methodist Central College, Hakmana Wesleyan Methodist MissionMulatiyana Hakmana
Piliyandala [99]
[100] [101]
Chulipuram Hindu English School Valikamam Chulipuram [102]
Don Pedrick Maha Vidyalaya, HoranaHorana Maha Vidyalaya1878WesternKalutaraHoranaHorana
Wesleyan Methodist Mission Kandy [103] [104] [105]
Hameed Al Husseinie CollegeFirst Muslim Boys' School in Sri Lanka15 November 1884Sri Lanka Muslim SocietyWesternColomboColomboColomboNational
Kiriella Central College1885SabaragamuwaRatnapuraRatnapuraKiriellaNational
Girls' High School Wesleyan Methodist Mission Galle [106] [107] [108]
St. Andrew's National College1885North WesternPuttalamPuttalamPuttalamNational
Our Lady of Victories Convent Moratuwa Private
English Buddhist School Colombo [109] [110] [111] [112]
Kandy Buddhist High School Kandy [113] [114]
The Native Town High School Jaffna
Mampe Piyarathanasara Buddhist Mix SchoolRev.Mampe Saranapala Thero Piliyandala [115]
R/ Karandana Sri Jinarathana National CollegeKarandana Boys School 1888SabaragamuwaRatnapuraEheliyagodaKarandanaNational
Christ Church Girls' College The Girls' Boarding School Church Mission Society of the Anglican Church Baddegama[116]
Kurunegala Buddhist Institution Kurunegala National[117] [118] [119]
Nelukkulam Kalaimagal Maha Vidyalayam Vavuniya South Nelukkulam
walasmulla walasmulla
Kotte Bauddha (Buddhist) Mixed School Sri Jayawardenapura [120]
Aluthgama Maha VidyalayaAluthgama Boys English School Nathaniel Henry Lorenzo Brohier Kalutara
Holy Cross College, Kalutara Kalutara South [121]
Vavuniya South [122]
Hillwood College, Kandy Kandy Central Private1[123]
Sri Rahula College, KandyKandy High School1890Buddhist Theosophical Society CentralKandyKandyKatugastotaNational
The Boys' High School Wesleyan Methodist Mission Kandy [124] [125] [126] [127]
Musaeus Buddhist Girls' School Colombo [128] [129] [130] [131]
Dharmadutha CollegeBuddhist Theosophical SocietyUvaBadullaBadullaBadullaNationalhttps://dharmaduthacollege.lk/history[132]
Galle [133] [134] [135] [136]
Al-Madrasathul Zahira Colombo Muslim Educational Society Colombo [137] [138] [139] [140]
Jesuits Galle [141]
K/L Al-Hambra Maha Vidyalaya, Dharga Town1896WesternKalutaraKalutaraDharga TownProvincial
Church Mission Society of the Anglican Church Jaffna [142]
French Roman Catholic missionaries Colombo [143] [144] [145]
Galle [146]
St. Servatius' SchoolRoman Catholic Belgian Jesuit Matara Kotuwegoda [147]
Trincomalee [148]
Peter & Paul's Mixed School Jesuits Ratnapura [149]

See also

References

Notes and References

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  121. Web site: History. Holy Cross College, Kalutara.
  122. Web site: Rambaikulam Girls' Maha Vidyalayam. Rambaikulam Girls' Maha Vidyalayam.
  123. Web site: Hillwood College Kandy. Hillwood College.
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  128. News: Dandeniya. S.. Musaeus College Celebrates 120 Years of Excellence!. The Island (Sri Lanka). 14 November 2011.
  129. News: Musaeus College celebrates 120 years of excellence!. Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 20 November 2011.
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