D. S. Senanayake College

D. S. Senanayake College ඩී.ඇස්.සේනානායක විද්‍යාලයය டி.எஸ் சேனாநாயக்க கல்லூரி
Front entrance to the school
Address
No 62, R. G. Senanayake Mawatha, Cinnamon Gardens Colombo, Western Province , Western Province , 00700 Sri Lanka
Coordinates	6°54′30″N 79°52′29″E / 6.90833°N 79.87472°E / 6.90833; 79.87472
Information
Other names	DS DSSC
School type	National school 1AB Government School
Motto	Sinhala: තමාට පෙර රට (Country Before Self)
Established	10 February 1967 (1967-02-10)
School district	Colombo
Principal	Sampath Weragoda
Teaching staff	284
Grades	1-13
Gender	Male
Age range	6 -19
Enrolment	6000 - 8000
Language	Sinhalese Tamil English
Hours in school day	07:30 - 13:30
Houses	Shura   Meththa   Weera   Shantha
Colour(s)	Black and gold
Song	"Sip Satha Sis Wetha"
Newspaper	Siyapatha
Website	dssenanayakecollege.lk

D. S. Senanayake College (Sinhala: ඩී.ඇස්.සේනානායක විද්‍යාලය; Tamil: டி.எஸ் சேனாநாயக்க கல்லூரி; also referred to as DS and DSSC) is a boys' primary and secondary national school in Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka. It was established on 10 February 1967 with R. I. T. Alles as the founding principal,^[1][2] and was named after the first Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, D. S. Senanayake.

It provides education from Grades 1 to 13 in Sinhalese, Tamil and English languages. It is the second-largest multi-ethnic school in the country. Its street name was formerly known as Gregory Road but was renamed to R. G. Senanayake Mawatha in 2013.^[3]