List of the oldest schools in Sri Lanka

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The following is a list of the oldest schools in Sri Lanka that are still functioning.

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Current name Foundation name Foundation date Founders Province District Education
zone		 Location Current
type		 References
Richmond College, Galle The Galle School 25 July 1814[note 1] Wesleyan Methodist missionaries Southern Galle Galle Galle National [1][2][3][4][5]
Methodist Central College 29 August 1814 Wesleyan Methodist missionaries Eastern Batticaloa Batticaloa Batticaloa Provincial [6][7][8][9]
Newstead Girls College 31 July 1816 Wesleyan Methodist missionaries Western Gampaha Negombo Negombo National [9][10]
Union College, Tellippalai Common Free School 9 December 1816 American Ceylon Mission Northern Jaffna Valikamam Tellippalai Provincial [11][12]
Jaffna Central College Jaffna Wesleyan English School 1817[note 2] Wesleyan Methodist Mission, North Ceylon Northern Jaffna Jaffna Jaffna National [9][13][14][15]
Christ Church Boys' School Baddegama Seminary March 1819 Church Mission Society of the Anglican Church Southern Galle Baddegama Baddegama National [16][17]
Methodist Girls' College, Trincomalee 1819 Wesleyan Methodist missionaries Eastern Trincomalee Trincomalee Trincomalee Provincial [18]
Vincent Girls' High School 1820 Wesleyan Methodist missionaries Eastern Batticaloa Batticaloa Batticaloa National [9][19]
Sri Jayawardenepura Maha Vidyalaya Cotta Institute 1822 Church Mission Society of the Anglican Church Western Colombo Sri Jayawardenepura Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte [20][21][22]
St. John's College, Jaffna Nallur English Seminary March 1823 Church Mission Society of the Anglican Church Northern Jaffna Jaffna Jaffna Private [14][20][23][24][25]
Methodist Girls' High School, Point Pedro Wesleyan Mission Central School 1823 Wesleyan Methodist Mission, North Ceylon Northern Jaffna Vadamarachchi Point Pedro Provincial [26]
Vigneshwara Maha Vidyalaya 1823 Wesleyan Methodist missionaries Eastern Trincomalee Trincomalee Trincomalee [27]
Uduvil Girls' College Missionary Seminary and Female Central School 1824 American Ceylon Mission Northern Jaffna Valikamam Uduvil Private [14][28][29]
Vembadi Girls' High School 1834 Wesleyan Methodist Mission, North Ceylon Northern Jaffna Jaffna Jaffna National [9][30]
Royal College, Colombo Hill Street Academy 1835 Western Colombo Colombo Colombo National [14][31][32]
Manipay Memorial English School 1836 American Ceylon Mission Northern Jaffna Valikamam Manipay Provincial [33]
Hartley College Wesleyan Mission Central School 1838 Wesleyan Methodist Mission, North Ceylon Northern Jaffna Vadamarachchi Point Pedro Provincial (APS) [9][34]
St. Thomas' College, Matara 10 March 1844 Christian Missionary Society of England Southern Matara Matara Matara National [35][36][37]
Holy Family Convent, Jaffna 1845 Northern Jaffna Jaffna Jaffna Provincial [38]
Kopay Christian College 1850 Northern Jaffna Jaffna Kopay Provincial [39]
St. Patrick's College, Jaffna Jaffna Catholic English School 1850 Roman Catholic Church Northern Jaffna Jaffna Jaffna Private [40][41][42][43]
S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia College of St. Thomas the Apostle 3 February 1851 Church of Ceylon Western Colombo Mount Lavinia Private [14][44][45][46][47][48]
Udupiddy American Mission College 4 January 1852 American Ceylon Mission Northern Jaffna Vadamarachchi Udupiddy Provincial [49]
St. Anthony's College, Kandy 1854 Roman Catholic Church Central Kandy Kandy Kandy Private/Provincial [50][51][52][53]
St. Sebastian's College, Moratuwa 1854 Roman Catholic Church Western Colombo Moratuwa Private [54][55][56][57]
St. Xavier's College, Nuwara Eliya 1859 Roman Catholic Church Central Nuwara Eliya [58][59][60]
St. Mary's College, Trincomalee 1864 Eastern Trincomalee Trincomalee Trincomalee National [61][62]
St. Benedict's College, Colombo 1865 Benedictine monks Western Colombo Colombo Colombo Private [14][63][64][65][66]
Methodist College, Colombo Kollupitiya Girl’s English School 7 November 1866 Wesleyan Methodist missionaries Western Colombo Colombo Colombo Private [9][67][68]
St. Joseph's College, Trincomalee 27 July 1867 Oblates of Mary Immaculate Eastern Trincomalee Trincomalee Trincomalee National [69][70][71]
All Saints College, Galle 1867 Anglicans Southern Galle Galle [72]
Jaffna College 1867 American Ceylon Mission Northern Jaffna Valikamam Vaddukoddai Private [73][74]
St. Anne's College, Kurunegala 1867 North Western Kurunegala Kurunegala
Good Shepherd Convent, Colombo 1 May 1869 Good Shepherd Order Western Colombo Colombo Colombo Private [75][76]
Rippon College Whitfield Road Girl’s School 1871 Wesleyan Methodist missionaries Southern Galle Galle Galle National [1][9]
Trinity College, Kandy 17 January 1872 Church Mission Society of the Anglican Church Central Kandy Kandy Kandy Private [77][78][79][80][81]
St. Anthony's College, Kayts 1872 Northern Jaffna Islands Kayts Provincial [82]
St. Michael's College, Batticaloa St. Mary’s English School 1873 Roman Catholic Church Eastern Batticaloa Batticaloa Batticaloa National [83][84]
St. Thomas' College, Matale 1873 Central Matale Matale Matale National [85]
Wesley College, Colombo 2 March 1874 Wesleyan Methodist missionaries Western Colombo Colombo Colombo Private [9][14][86][87][88]
Bishop's College, Colombo February 1875 Church Mission Society of the Anglican Church Western Colombo Colombo Colombo Private [14][89][90]
Drieberg College Drieberg English School 1875 American Ceylon Mission Northern Jaffna Thenmarachchi Chavakachcheri Provincial [91]
Methodist Central College, Hakmana 1875 Wesleyan Methodist missionaries Southern Matara Mulatiyana Hakmana Provincial [9]
Prince of Wales' College, Moratuwa 14 September 1876 Western Colombo Piliyandala Moratuwa National [92]
St. John's College, Panadura 1876 Western Kalutara Panadura [93][94]
Victoria College, Chulipuram Chulipuram Hindu English School 1876 Northern Jaffna Valikamam Chulipuram Provincial [95]
Girls' High School, Kandy May 1879 Wesleyan Methodist missionaries Central Kandy Kandy Kandy National [9][96][97][98]
Ananda Sastralaya, Kotte Kotte Bauddha (Buddhist) Mixed School 4 November 1880[note 3] Western Colombo Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte National [99]
Southlands College, Galle Girls' High School 1885 Wesleyan Methodist missionaries Southern Galle Galle Galle National [9][100][101][102]
Ananda College English Buddhist School 1 November 1886 Buddhist Theosophical Society Western Colombo Colombo Colombo National [103][104][105][106]
Dharmaraja College Kandy Buddhist High School 30 June 1887 Buddhist Theosophical Society Central Kandy Kandy Kandy National [107][108]
Jaffna Hindu College The Native Town High School 1887 Northern Jaffna Jaffna Jaffna National [109]
Piliyandala Central College 1887 Western Colombo Piliyandala Piliyandala National [110]
Christ Church Girls’ College The Girls' Boarding School 1 June 1888 Church Mission Society of the Anglican Church Southern Galle Baddegama Baddegama National [111]
Maliyadeva College Kurunegala Buddhist Institution 30 September 1888 Buddhist Theosophical Society North Western Kurunegala Kurunegala [112][113][114]
Nelukkulam Kalaimagal Maha Vidyalayam 1888 Northern Vavuniya Vavuniya South Nelukkulam Provincial
Rambaikulam Girls' Maha Vidyalayam 1890 Northern Vavuniya Vavuniya South Vavuniya National [115]
Kingswood College, Kandy The Boys' High School 4 May 1891 Wesleyan Methodist missionaries Central Kandy Kandy Kandy National [9][116][117][118][119]
Musaeus College Musaeus Buddhist Girls’ School 1891 Buddhist Theosophical Society Western Colombo Colombo Colombo Private [120][121][122][123]
Mahinda College 1 March 1892 Buddhist Theosophical Society Southern Galle Galle Galle National [124][125][126][127]
Zahira College, Colombo Al-Madrasathul Zahira 22 August 1892 Colombo Muslim Educational Society Western Colombo Colombo Colombo Private [128][129][130][131]
St. Aloysius' College, Galle 1895 Jesuits Southern Galle Galle Galle National [132]
Chundikuli Girls' College 14 January 1896 Church Mission Society of the Anglican Church Northern Jaffna Jaffna Jaffna Private [14][133]
St. Joseph's College, Colombo 2 March 1896 French Roman Catholic missionaries Western Colombo Colombo Colombo Private [14][134][135][136][137]
Sacred Heart Convent, Galle 30 November 1896 Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary Southern Galle Galle Galle [138]
St. Servatius' College 2 November 1897 Father Augustus Standaert and few others Southern Matara Matara Kotuwegoda National [139]
R. K. M. Sri Koneswara Hindu College 1897 Eastern Trincomalee Trincomalee Trincomalee National [140]


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Notes

  1. ↑ Richmond College claims its foundation to be 1 May 1876 which is when the school was upgraded to a superior school and renamed Galle High School.
  2. ↑ Jaffna Central College claims its foundation to be 1 August 1816 which is when the missionaries purchased the land/property.
  3. ↑ Ananda Sastralaya claims its foundation to be 1 January 1890 which is when the school was renamed Kotte Bauddha (Buddhist) English Mixed School.

Notes

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  5. ↑ The Rev. Benjamin Clough's Journal, The School of African Studies (SOAS) archives, University of London
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References

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