Palatuwa Gunarathana Central College


Palatuwa Gunarathana Central College is a government school for boys and girls in Palatuwa, Matara, Sri Lanka. It is located in Palatuwa Village. The college is situated in a hilly area, close to Matara Akuressas's main road. The college was founded as a Buddhist school in 1924. The college enrolls over 2500 students from primary level to secondary level education with 130 teachers.

History

In 1924, Ver. Atampala Gunarathana Thero, an incumbent of Unella Sri Nagarama Purana Viharaya, started a school using coconut foliage and wattle near Palatuwa Bauddodaya Piriwena. It began as a private Buddhist school. The first students were Mahanayake of Shiyamopalee Chapter and Mahanayake of Sri Rohana Chapter Venerable Rajakeeya Pandith Aththudawe Sri Rahula Thero and Dandina Samarasinghe Dissanayake, mother of President Mahinda Rajapaksa. The first principal was W.H.S. Jayawardena.

Principals

PeriodName
1st1924 - 1931Mr.W.H.S Jayawardana
2nd1931 - 1931 Mr.D.T.W Jayawardamna
3rd1931 - 1964Mr.Chandrasena Gunawardana
4th1964 - 1964 Mr.Senanayaka
5th1964 - 1964 Mr.E.P Silva
6th1964 - 1964 Mr.A.W Palihakkara
7th1964 - 1964 Mr.D.D.Wijesekara
8th1964 - 1972Mr.Thomas Yapa
9th1972 - 1977Rev:Athuraliye Indarathana tero
10th1977 - 1977 Mr.Upasena Godagamuwa
11th1977 - 1977 Rev:Polommaruwe Hemasiri tero
12th1977 - 1977 Mr.Priyanthra Rathnayaka
13th1977 - 1986Mr.H.N Gunapala
14th1986 - 1990Mr.D.R.A Hemachandra
15th1990 - 1990 Mr.E.B Liyanage
16th1990 - 2000Mr.D.Wickramasinghe
17th2000 - 2008Mr.Yoga rathnavibushana
18th2008 - 2014Mrs. S. Rathnavibushana
19th2014 - 2017Mr. Bandara
20th2017 - 2018Mr.Nirmala Jayasuriya
21st2018 - Up-To-DateMiss.Garusinghe

College Houses

College Houses' Names and Colours:
HousesColours
01Gemunu Red
02Parakum Yellow
03Gajaba Blue
04Vijaya Green

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