Sivali Central College


Sivali Central College is a school situated in Hidellana, near Ratnapura, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka. The school provides secondary education to boys and girls aged 11 to 19 and has a student population of around 3,500. Today it has become a leading school Sri Lanka.

History

Sivali Central College was founded as a Buddhist secondary school unconnected to any monastery in 1909 by A. C. Attygalle. It was initially located in a small house on Warakathota Road in Ratnapura.
In 1925 the chief monk of Nadun Viharay in Ratnapura offered the property Sivali Garden to the school and in 1935 it was renamed as Sivali College. With the introduction of the free education system by C. W. W. Kannangara, Sivali College became the Sivali Central College. It was the first Central College in Ratnapura district. It moved to Hidellana in 1955. Sivali Central College became a National College on 5 February 1992.

Principals

  1. Mahanuwara Seneviratne
  2. Francis Perera
  3. M.A. Peter
  4. P.J. Jayaratne
  5. K. A. Dalpadadu
  6. D.T. Deevendra
  7. R.D. Sirisena
  8. M.B. Ratnayake
  9. D.D.P. Samaraweera
  10. W.A.D.S Gunathilake
  11. H.B. Weerakoon
  12. C.T.M Fernando
  13. U.B. Ratnayake
  14. Daya Akuretiyagama
  15. Capt. Wickman B Ramachandra
  16. Mohan Sri Kantha Gunasekara
  17. W.M.D.A. Bandara
  18. Ariyadasa Withanage
  19. W.M Gunathilake
  20. Dhanapala Mudiyanselage Gunarathne
  21. Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Gunarathne
  22. K.K.P. Ariyasinghe