Kalawana Central College (National School)

Kalawana Central College (Sinhala: කලවාන මධ්‍ය මහා විද්‍යාලය) or commonly known as Kalawana National School (Sinhala: කලාවන ජාතික පාසල) is a school situated in Kalawana, Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka.[1][2][3][4] The school provides secondary education to boys and girls aged 11 to 19 and has a student population of over 2,000.

Kalawana Central College
කලාවන මධ්‍ය මහා විද්‍යාලය
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Coordinates6°32′07.7″N 80°24′03.6″E / 6.535472°N 80.401000°E / 6.535472; 80.401000
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TypeNational School
Mottoසුනාථ ධාරෙත චරාථ ධමෙම
Established4 June 1888; 136 years ago (1888-06-04)
Staff~100
Grades6 - 13
GenderMixed
Age11 to 19
Enrollment~2,300
Colour(s)Yellow & Green
   
SongSinhala: "ශ්‍රී දේ දින දින දීප පූජිත කලවානේ මැදි විදුහල් මව්ණී"
Websitehttps://www.kalawanaedu.net/kalawanans/

It was established on 4 June 1888, with 29 students and one temporary school building.[5] The school was originally called Kalawana Swabhasha Misra Patashalawa. In 1958 it reached Maha Vidyalaya status and in 1979 Madya Maha Vidyalaya status.[6] In 2012 there were over 2,300 students, 88 teachers and 28 permanent buildings.[3]

Kalawana Central College was designated as a National School by the Sri Lankan Government in the mid 1990s.

Notable alumni

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References

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  1. ^ "Provincial Schools". Ratnapura District Secretariat. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  2. ^ "School Web Directory". Sabaragamuwa Provincial Department of Education. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d "Kalawana NS's Vision". The Sunday Times. 18 March 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
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  5. ^ "පිදිය යුතු තැන්". කලවාන ප්‍රාදේශීය සභාව. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  6. ^ "Parliamentary Debates: Official Report". 89. Ceylon Government Press. 1970: 1661. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. ^ "Tale of a Fanatical Academic in Sri Lanka: Professor Dayananda Somasundara". The Daily News. 19 October 2010. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  8. ^ "Autobiography of a farmer's son by Thosapala Hewage". The Island. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  9. ^ "Hewage new Chairman at LB Finance". Daily FT. Retrieved 26 April 2013.