The college began with two grades- Lower Kindergarten and Year 1, with four teachers and 351 students. The school had its first sports meet in 1980, and began offering Advanced Level classes in 1988.
Initially located at Torrington Place, Colombo 7, the school was shifted to its current premises on 21 June 1983. It was given National School status in 1999. In 2019 February a 25-meter eight lane swimming pool complex was declared open by Minister of Education Akila Viraj Kariyawasam and Minister of Economic Reforms and Public Distribution Dr. Harsha de Silva.
Houses
The school has a house system comprising four houses. They compete each year to win the Inter-house sports competitions.
president, college, jayawardenepura, kotte, this, article, does, cite, sources, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, july, . This article does not cite any sources Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources President s College Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2018 Learn how and when to remove this template message The President s College is a boys national school in Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte Sri Lanka Founded on 4 February 1978 its inauguration was the first official act carried out by President J R Jayewardene President s CollegeLocationSri Jayawardenapura KotteSri LankaCoordinates6 54 24 81 N 79 53 33 51 E 6 9068917 N 79 8926417 E 6 9068917 79 8926417 Coordinates 6 54 24 81 N 79 53 33 51 E 6 9068917 N 79 8926417 E 6 9068917 79 8926417InformationTypeNationalMottoPali ව ද ය දද ත ව නය Education Gives Humility Established4 February 1978 44 years ago 1978 02 04 FounderMrs Soma MunindradasaPrincipalU D D G AriyarathneGrades1 13GenderBoysColour s Maroon and Gold SongSri Jaya JanapathiWebsitepresidentscollege wbr lk Contents 1 History 2 Houses 3 Notable alumni 4 References 5 External linksHistory EditThe college began with two grades Lower Kindergarten and Year 1 with four teachers and 351 students The school had its first sports meet in 1980 and began offering Advanced Level classes in 1988 Initially located at Torrington Place Colombo 7 the school was shifted to its current premises on 21 June 1983 It was given National School status in 1999 In 2019 February a 25 meter eight lane swimming pool complex was declared open by Minister of Education Akila Viraj Kariyawasam and Minister of Economic Reforms and Public Distribution Dr Harsha de Silva Houses EditThe school has a house system comprising four houses They compete each year to win the Inter house sports competitions Gunathilake Soulbury Jayawardene GopallawaNotable alumni EditName NotabilityShashikala Siriwardene former cricketer who captained the Sri Lankan women s cricket teamShehan Ambepitiya athlete who won 3 gold medals at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth GamesReferences EditExternal links EditOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title President 27s College Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte amp oldid 1099422049, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
