Udupiddy A.M.C. | |
Native Name: | உடுப்பிட்டி அமெரிக்கன் மிஷன் கல்லூரி |
Motto: | Light dispels Darkness |
Motto Translation: | ஒளி இருளை அகற்றும் |
Country: | Sri Lanka |
Schooltype: | 1AB |
Religion: | Hinduism, Christianity |
Founded: | 1852: 171 years ago |
Founder: | British American Missionary |
District: | Vadamarachchi Education Zone, Jaffna District |
Authorizer: | Government |
Schoolnumber: | 1008003 |
Principal: | Mr. PuspakaranDeputy Principal= Mr. Uthayamoorthy |
Head Teacher: | Mrs. Sivaranjini Sachithananthamoorthy |
Staff: | 70+ |
Teaching Staff: | 65+ |
Employees: | 3 |
Grades: | 1-13 |
Gender: | Boys (girls in Advanced level) |
Lower Age: | 5 |
Upper Age: | 19 |
Classes: | Primary- 2prl/cls, Secondary- 3prl/cls, Tertiary- 4prl/cls |
Avg Class Size: | contain 35 students |
Hours In Day: | 6 hours |
Classrooms: | 36 |
Houses: | Newton, Bicknel, Sellaia, Brown |
Slogan: | This is our school. Make me proud of it. It makes proud of me. |
Song: | வாழிய வாழிய வாழியவே உடுப்பிட்டி அமெரிக்கன் மிஷன் கல்லூரி.... |
Athletics: | Annual Sports day |
Sports: | Cricket, Foot ball, Volleyball etc |
Nickname: | A.M.C |
Ranking: | high |
Roll: | 1200+ |
Publication: | Torso (Article published by science stream students) |
Fees: | free |
Udupiddy American Mission College (Tamil: உடுப்பிட்டி அமெரிக்கன் மிஷன் கல்லூரி Uṭuppiṭṭi Amerikkaṉ Micaṉ Kallūri) is a national school in Udupiddy, Sri Lanka.[1] [2] It was founded on 4 January 1852 by American Ceylon Mission.[3] [4]
It was started in 1852. In 2021, it became a national school from a provincial school. It is 25th oldest school in Sri Lanka.
Chandraheskarampillai Packiyachandram alias Sivarasan, who was a key conspirator in the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, studied here until he had to drop out after the death of his father who taught at Udupiddy American Mission College.
Prof. A. Thurairajah | 2nd Vice-Chancellor of the University of Jaffna | |
Prof. S. Srisatkunarajah | Former Dean of Faculty of Science, First Dean of Faculty of Technology, University of Jaffna | |
Kandiah Neelakandan | Lawyer, Former Chief editor of the Bar Association Law Journal, Former President - All Ceylon Hindu Congress | |
P. Sriskandarajah | Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon | |
T. Ramalingam | Member of the Ceylonese Parliament for Point Pedro | |
Kamalakkannan Kamalavasakan | Island first rank G.C.E A/L 2012 for Physical science | |
A. Arulpiragasam | First Commissioner of Elections (1955–57), Sri Lanka. |