Junior Old Boys’ Association

Sri Sumangala College

Panadura

       

THE COLLEGE

Sri Sumangala College is one of the leading Buddhist school in the island. Sri Sumangala College is situated in the historical city - Panadura. The history starts from 1909, an era where the whole country was under the British ruling.

SUMANGALA JOBA

Sri Sumangala College Junior Old Boys' Association was formed in 1999 by a group of 10 Sumangalians.

There was a necessity of a Junior Old Boys' Association to Sri Sumangala College as she needed a young, energetic & dynamic group of leaders to steer her to achieve her goals.

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sri sumangala college panadura

                                                       History                                                                                                                                                                            

                                                                         In   the year 1911 when this school was registered as an Assisted School there were 325 students on roll.^[2] The first Principal was Mr. Thomas E. Gunarathne.^[2]

The land for the school was donated by the Rankoth Viharaya while the buildings were constructed out of public funds. The school was managed by a Board of Management and funds for the running of the school were met by philanthropists and the general public.^[2]

Due to the rapid expansion of the College the Rankoth Viharaya premises become congested and there was the necessacity to re-locate the College. The Manager of the Board of Management tried to relocate to Walaw Waththa in 1942,^[3] where Sri Sumangala College is presently located. When this failed, the management decided to shift the college to Nalluruwa. The first old boy of the college, Walter Salgado, donated the land for the main buildings and M. C. Fernando donated about 2 1/2 acres to be used as the playground of the college.

The main hall of the building complex was donated by Leo Fernando; Physics, Chemistry and Biology laboratories were donated by P. C. H. Diasin; and the main building and the class rooms were built with public donations.

All the classes from grade six upwards were taken to Nalluruwa new buildings on 7 August 1942. Grades 3,4 and 5 were continued at the Rankoth Viharayapremises and it was popularly called Town Branch of the college. The principal or the Head of this section was A. C. Morawaka who served the college until his retirement.

With the transfer of the college to Nalluruwa it become one of the leading educational institutions where laboratory facilities were available for the students to do science subjects in the medium of English .^[4] Advance level students of the Sri Sumangala Girls School used the laboratories in the afternoons to do their practicals. The plot of land between the main college and the play ground was eventually acquired by the Education Department.

In 1961 a large number of schools were taken over by the government and Town Branch was registered as a separate school with a principal being appointed by the Education Department. A precedent was created to admit all the children who leave Town Branch after they passed the Grade Five test. In 1992 due to inclement weather the retaining wall of the Rankoth Viharaya collapsed damaging the main hall of the Town Branch. The school had to be kept closed for a few months. The Old Boys Association, parents and well wishers constructed 18 semi-permanent class rooms and the Town Branch was amalgamated to the main college.

On May 25, 1993 the College was declared a "National School" by the Ministry of Education.

On the 26th of December 2004 the Tsunami which destroyed the southern and eastern coastal ares damaged part of the semi-permanent buildings of the college. The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami struck during a school vacation so no injuries were recorded.

All together 182 schools were damaged by the Tsunami. Out of these damaged school the government has decided to re-locate 98 school including Sri Sumangala College. Donor partner JICA^[4][5] has granted a sum Rs.330 million to build a completely new school with all the modern facilities.^[3]

It is a coincidence of fate that the Sri Sumangala College has to be moved to a location five decades later that the Board of Management had initially planned on in 1942, before finally settling for the site in Nalluruwa.^[3

                                                principals 

• Following is a list of past    Principals of the Sri Sumangala College;

Name	Entered Office
Thomas E. Gunaratne[8]	1909
W. Charls De Silva	1912
T. S. Anirawan	1915
C. E. Setrange	1916
D. C. Ranasinghe	1919
R. S. S. Gunawardena	1921
A. Ginige	1922
A. M. De Silva	1940
T. N. K. Chandrasekara	1941
P. J. Jayaratne	1941
P. D. S. Kularatne	1943
M. W. Karunananda	1945

                                                                                     

Name	Entered Office
D. W. J. Perera	1945
A. J. Fernando	1947
K. L. V. Alagiyawanna	1954
R. A. Marthas	1962
C. H. J. Weerasooriya	1963
Arther Ranasinghe	1969
H. R. Pepera	1970
W. Kahandagama	1972
S. Wijeweera	1973
M. D. L. Fernando	1975
A. G. Weththasinghe	1975
D. D. Wijemanna	1977

Name	Entered Office
A. G. De Silva	1979
H. S. N. K. Fernando	1987
G. D. K. Perera	1990
J. K. P. Ashokaratne	1991
D. E. Jayaneththi	1992
L.W Somathilake	Current

                                                                     Houses 
The College has 4 houses. The houses are named after kings of Sri Lanka. The houses are:                                


    

                                                          

House	Colour	Named After
Vijaya	Green	King Vijaya
Gamunu	Yellow	King Gamini
Tissa	Red	King Tissa
Parakrama	Blue	King Parakramabahu I