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
Location
Kalawana

Sri Lanka
Coordinates6°32′07.7″N 80°24′03.6″E
Information
TypeNational School
Mottoසුනාථ ධාරෙත චරාථ ධමෙම
Established4 June 1888 (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]

Notable alumni
  • Prof. Dayananda Somasundara - Vice-chancellor Sabaragamuwa University (1995-2001)[3][7]
  • Thosapala Hewage - Ambassador to Nepal (2009-2012),[3] Secretary - Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (2001), Secretary - Ministry of Urban Development and Water Supply, Secretary - Ministry of Enterprise Development and Investment Promotion, Secretary - Ministry of Ports and Aviation,[8] Chairman - LB Finance PLC (2013)[9]

References
  1. "Provincial Schools". Ratnapura District Secretariat. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  2. "School Web Directory". Sabaragamuwa Provincal Department of Education. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  3. "Kalawana NS's Vision". The Sunday Times. 18 March 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  4. "පහත සඳහන් සුදුසුකම් සපුරාලන රජයේ පාසල්" (PDF). රජයේ ගැසට් පත්‍රය. ශ්‍රී ලංකා රජය. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  5. "පිදිය යුතු තැන්". කලවාන ප්‍රාදේශීය සභාව. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  6. "Parliamentary Debates: Official Report". 89. Ceylon Government Press. 1970: 1661. 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.
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