Siridhamma College was established to fill the educational needs with the seat of Akmeemana by the Minister of EducationRichard Pathirana in 1995. On 6 February 1995 the Prime MinisterSirimavo Bandaranaike opened the school by registering first school child name. The first student was M. G. Kanchana Dilhani Ranasinghe. The school was named Siridhamma College, after the monk, Labuduwe Siridhamma Thero,[1] who was the first monk to graduate from Oxford University.
The school commenced with 90 students and one building with three classes for grade 1. It was subsequently expanded and in 1996, students were enrolled for grade 6 from a Placement test. With those chosen students, three classes for grade 6 were started. with the growth of school it became more popular. The increasing number of students resulted in school expanding with new buildings. On 6 January 1996 a new two—storey building for primary section was opened and construction was started on an additional three story building with a laboratory. The school held its first sport meet in 1996. In 1999 the school established a hostel to accommodate students from outside the area.
The first principal of the school was Mr. P S K Rajapaksha. Mrs. Mala Jayasekara, Miss. Sandya Kodikara, Mrs. Mala Alas, Mrs. Anuja Weerasingha, Mr. Chandana Pandithasekara, Mr. M K Somapala, Mr. A M Wijerathna, Mrs. Nayana kulathilaka were the first staff members of the school. The first Sports meet was held in 1996. This school is glittering among most of the popular National Schools in Sri Lanka. Although it is only a short period after its establishment.
Siridhamma College paid a great attention in teaching English to the students from the very beginning and is proudly the only national school which conducts English medium classes from grade 1.
Principals
The following individuals have served as Principal of Siridhamma College:
Ordinal
Principal
Start
End
Years in office
1
P. S. K. Rajapakse
1995
2004
8–9 years
2
Sumedha Wackwella
2004
2007
2–3 years
3
Munipala
2007
2008
0–1 years
4
Premasiri Epa
2008
2012
3–4 years
5
Nihal Gurusingha
2012
2014
1–2 years
6
S. P. Ariyarathne
2014
2016
1–2 years
7
Dr Raveendra Pushpakumara
2016
present
5–6 years
Houses
School Houses and their colors
Sapphire
Diamond
Crystal
Opal
References
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siridhamma, college, this, article, relies, excessively, references, primary, sources, please, improve, this, article, adding, secondary, tertiary, sources, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, 2011, learn, when, remove, this, template, mess. This article relies excessively on references to primary sources Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources Find sources Siridhamma College news newspapers books scholar JSTOR May 2011 Learn how and when to remove this template message Siridhamma College is a school in Labuduwa Sri Lanka Siridhamma Collegeස ර ධම ම ව ද ය ලයLocationSiridhamma Mawatha LabuduwaGalleSri LankaCoordinates6 4 18 31 N 80 13 55 42 E 6 0717528 N 80 2320611 E 6 0717528 80 2320611 Coordinates 6 4 18 31 N 80 13 55 42 E 6 0717528 N 80 2320611 E 6 0717528 80 2320611InformationSchool typePublic National schoolMottoපඤ ඤ නර න රතන Panna Naranan Rathanan EstablishedFebruary 6 1995 1995 02 06 FounderDr Richard PathiranaPrincipalRaveendra PushpakumaraGrades1 13GenderMixed schoolNumber of students5000Colour s Blue and gold Websitewww siridhammacollege lk Contents 1 History 2 Principals 3 Houses 4 ReferencesHistory Edit Ven Dr Labuduwe Siridhamma Thera Siridhamma College was established to fill the educational needs with the seat of Akmeemana by the Minister of Education Richard Pathirana in 1995 On 6 February 1995 the Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike opened the school by registering first school child name The first student was M G Kanchana Dilhani Ranasinghe The school was named Siridhamma College after the monk Labuduwe Siridhamma Thero 1 who was the first monk to graduate from Oxford University The school commenced with 90 students and one building with three classes for grade 1 It was subsequently expanded and in 1996 students were enrolled for grade 6 from a Placement test With those chosen students three classes for grade 6 were started with the growth of school it became more popular The increasing number of students resulted in school expanding with new buildings On 6 January 1996 a new two storey building for primary section was opened and construction was started on an additional three story building with a laboratory The school held its first sport meet in 1996 In 1999 the school established a hostel to accommodate students from outside the area The first principal of the school was Mr P S K Rajapaksha Mrs Mala Jayasekara Miss Sandya Kodikara Mrs Mala Alas Mrs Anuja Weerasingha Mr Chandana Pandithasekara Mr M K Somapala Mr A M Wijerathna Mrs Nayana kulathilaka were the first staff members of the school The first Sports meet was held in 1996 This school is glittering among most of the popular National Schools in Sri Lanka Although it is only a short period after its establishment Siridhamma College paid a great attention in teaching English to the students from the very beginning and is proudly the only national school which conducts English medium classes from grade 1 Principals EditThe following individuals have served as Principal of Siridhamma College Ordinal Principal Start End Years in office1 P S K Rajapakse 1995 2004 8 9 years2 Sumedha Wackwella 2004 2007 2 3 years3 Munipala 2007 2008 0 1 years4 Premasiri Epa 2008 2012 3 4 years5 Nihal Gurusingha 2012 2014 1 2 years6 S P Ariyarathne 2014 2016 1 2 years7 Dr Raveendra Pushpakumara 2016 present 5 6 yearsHouses EditSchool Houses and their colors Sapphire Diamond Crystal OpalReferences Edit About Rajopawanaramaya Archived from the original on 2019 10 13 Retrieved 2019 10 13 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Siridhamma College amp oldid 1117684723, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
