St Xavier's College, Nuwara Eliya | |
Native Name: | 'ශාන්ත සේවියර් විදුහල, නුවරඑළී'ය, புனித ஸவெரியர் கல்லூரி நுவர எலிய |
Latin Name: | Sancti Xavier Collegii |
Motto: | Original motto: AD VERITATEM ET CARITAS TOWARD TRUTH AND CHARITY Present motto: DEUS VERITAS CARITAS GOD TRUTH CHARITY |
Location: | Long Street |
City: | Nuwara Eliya |
Province: | Central |
Country: | Sri Lanka |
Type: | National school |
Religious Affiliation: | Roman Catholic, formerly De La Salle Confraternity |
Patron: | St Francis Xavier 1506-1552 |
Established: | 1859 as the Parish School |
Founder: | Rev. Fr. John Peter Perreard and Rev. Fr. Adrian Bernard Doffo |
Status: | Boys 1AB College |
Schoolboard: | Ministry of Education,Sri Lanka |
District: | Nuwara Eliya |
Authority: | Ministry of Education |
Category: | Primary & Secondary |
Authorizer: | Ministry of Education and the Bishop of Kandy(Proprietor) |
Superintendent: | Director of Education |
Specialist: | Formal Sri Lankan Education |
Session: | 3 terms a year |
President: | Principal - parish priest |
Rector: | Rectors from 1859-1958, Bro. Director 1958-1962 Principal from 1962 |
Director: | DE |
Principal: | Appointed by the state - Qualification SLPS Grade 1 |
Headmaster: | Sectional Heads for Sinhala, Tamil and English streams |
Head Of School: | Principal |
Chaplain: | The Parish Priest of St Xavier's Church Nuwara eliya |
Staff: | Appointed by the Ministry of Education |
Grades: | Grade 1 to Advanced Level Sihala Medium (Commerce and Arts) Tamil Medium Bio Science |
Years: | 5-16 |
Gender: | Boys |
Lower Age: | 5 |
Upper Age: | 16 |
Pupils: | 750 |
Language: | Sinhala, Tamil and English language (formerly Latin_ |
Houses: | Pagnani (blue with white cross), Beckmeyer (maroon with white cross), Regno (gold with white cross) |
Colours: | College Colours- Maroon,Blue and Gold |
Slogan: | God, Truth, Charity |
Sports: | Athletics, cricket, football, basketball, table tennis, badminton, hockey, boxing, elle |
Mascot: | Blessings of the Patron St Francis Xavier |
Nickname: | Xaverians |
Sister School: | Good Shepherd Convent |
Rival: | Holy Trinity College and Gamini Central College |
Accreditation: | Formerly the De La Salle Fraternity |
Publication: | Perspective |
Fees: | Non-fee levying |
Alumni: | SXCOBA founded in 1947 |
St Xavier's College, Nuwara Eliya is a boys' public national school in Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka.