Current name
|
Foundation name
|
Foundation date
|
Founders
|
Province
|
District
|
Education zone
|
Location
|
Current type
|
|
Richmond College, Galle |
The Galle High School |
25 July 1814[a] |
Wesleyan Methodist Mission |
Southern |
Galle |
Galle |
Galle |
National |
[1][2][3][4][5][6]
|
Methodist Central College |
|
29 July 1814 |
Wesleyan Methodist Mission |
Eastern |
Batticaloa |
Batticaloa |
Batticaloa |
Provincial |
[7][8][9][10]
|
Newstead Girls College |
Wesley Girl's High School |
31 July 1816 |
Wesleyan Methodist Mission |
Western |
Gampaha |
Negombo |
Negombo |
National |
[10][11]
|
Union College, Tellippalai |
Common Free School |
9 December 1816 |
American Ceylon Mission |
Northern |
Jaffna |
Valikamam |
Tellippalai |
Provincial |
[12][13]
|
Weera Puran Appu Model School - Moratuwa
|
Wesleyan Missionary School - Idama, then Suduwella Methodist College
|
10 June 1817
|
Methodist Council of England
|
Western
|
Colombo
|
Piliyandala
|
Moratuwa
|
Model school
|
|
Jaffna Central College |
Jaffna Wesleyan English School |
1817[b] |
Wesleyan Methodist Mission, North Ceylon |
Northern |
Jaffna |
Jaffna |
Jaffna |
National |
[10][14][15][16]
|
Christ Church Boys' School |
Baddegama Seminary |
March 1819 |
Church Mission Society of the Anglican Church |
Southern |
Galle |
Baddegama |
Baddegama |
National |
[17][18]
|
Methodist Girls' College, Trincomalee |
|
1819 |
Wesleyan Methodist Mission |
Eastern |
Trincomalee |
Trincomalee |
Trincomalee |
Provincial |
[19]
|
Vincent Girls' High School |
|
1820 |
Wesleyan Methodist Mission |
Eastern |
Batticaloa |
Batticaloa |
Batticaloa |
National |
[10][20]
|
Sri Jayawardenepura Maha Vidyalaya |
Cotta Institute |
1822 |
Church Mission Society of the Anglican Church |
Western |
Colombo |
Sri Jayawardenepura |
Sri Jayawardenapura |
|
[21][22][23]
|
St. John's College, Jaffna |
Nallur English Seminary |
March 1823 |
Church Mission Society of the Anglican Church |
Northern |
Jaffna |
Jaffna |
Jaffna |
Private |
[15][21][24][25]
|
Methodist Girls' High School, Point Pedro |
Wesleyan Mission Central School |
1823 |
Wesleyan Methodist Mission, North Ceylon |
Northern |
Jaffna |
Vadamarachchi |
Point Pedro |
Provincial |
[27]
|
Vigneshwara Maha Vidyalaya |
|
1823 |
Wesleyan Methodist Mission |
Eastern |
Trincomalee |
Trincomalee |
Trincomalee |
|
[28]
|
Uduvil Girls' College |
Missionary Seminary and Female Central School |
1824 |
American Ceylon Mission |
Northern |
Jaffna |
Valikamam |
Uduvil |
Private |
[15][29]
|
Vembadi Girls' High School |
|
1834 |
Wesleyan Methodist Mission, North Ceylon |
Northern |
Jaffna |
Jaffna |
Jaffna |
National |
[10][31]
|
Royal College, Colombo |
Hill Street Academy |
1835 |
|
Western |
Colombo |
Colombo |
Colombo |
National |
[15][32][33]
|
Manipay Memorial English School |
|
1836 |
American Ceylon Mission |
Northern |
Jaffna |
Valikamam |
Manipay |
Provincial |
[34]
|
Hartley College |
Wesleyan Mission Central School |
1838[c] |
Wesleyan Methodist Mission, North Ceylon |
Northern |
Jaffna |
Vadamarachchi |
Point Pedro |
Provincial (APS) |
[10][37]
|
St. Thomas' College, Matara |
|
10 March 1844 |
Christian Missionary Society of England |
Southern |
Matara |
Matara |
Matara |
National |
[38][39][40]
|
Holy Family Convent, Jaffna |
|
1845 |
|
Northern |
Jaffna |
Jaffna |
Jaffna |
Provincial |
[41]
|
St. Matthew's College, Colombo |
St. Matthews College, Colombo 09/ Christian College Dematagoda |
1847 |
Church Mission Society of the Anglican Church |
Western |
Colombo |
Colombo |
Colombo |
Provincial |
[42][43][44]
|
Kopay Christian College |
|
1850 |
|
Northern |
Jaffna |
Jaffna |
Kopay |
Provincial |
[45]
|
St. Patrick's College, Jaffna |
Jaffna Catholic English School |
1850 |
Roman Catholic Church |
Northern |
Jaffna |
Jaffna |
Jaffna |
Private |
[46][47][49]
|
S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia |
College of St. Thomas the Apostle |
3 February 1851 |
Church of Ceylon |
Western |
Colombo |
|
Mount Lavinia |
Private |
[15][50][51][52][53][54]
|
Udupiddy American Mission College |
|
4 January 1852 |
American Ceylon Mission |
Northern |
Jaffna |
Vadamarachchi |
Udupiddy |
Provincial |
[55]
|
St. Anthony's College, Kandy |
|
1854 |
Roman Catholic Church |
Central |
Kandy |
Kandy |
Kandy |
Private |
[56][57][58][59]
|
St. Sebastian's College, Moratuwa |
|
1854 |
Roman Catholic Church |
Western |
Colombo |
|
Moratuwa |
Private |
[60][61][62][63]
|
St. Xavier's College, Nuwara Eliya |
|
1859 |
Roman Catholic Church |
Central |
Nuwara Eliya |
|
|
|
[64][65][66]
|
St. Mary's College, Trincomalee |
|
1864 |
|
Eastern |
Trincomalee |
Trincomalee |
Trincomalee |
National |
[67][68]
|
St. Benedict's College, Colombo |
|
1865 |
Benedictine monks |
Western |
Colombo |
Colombo |
Colombo |
Private |
[15][69][70][71][72]
|
Methodist College, Colombo |
Kollupitiya Girls' English School |
7 November 1866 |
Wesleyan Methodist Mission |
Western |
Colombo |
Colombo |
Colombo |
Private |
[10][73][74]
|
St. Mary's College, Kegalle |
|
1 March 1867 |
Rev. Fr. Domenico Pingulani |
Sabaragamuwa |
Kegalle |
Kegalle |
Kegalle |
National |
[75]
|
Uva College, Badulla
|
|
1867
|
Diocesan mission of Ceylon
|
Uva
|
Badulla
|
Badulla
|
Badulla
|
National
|
[76][77][78][79][80]
|
St. Joseph's College, Trincomalee |
|
27 July 1867 |
Oblates of Mary Immaculate |
Eastern |
Trincomalee |
Trincomalee |
Trincomalee |
National |
[81][82][83]
|
All Saints College, Galle |
|
1867 |
Anglicans |
Southern |
Galle |
|
Galle |
|
[84]
|
Jaffna College |
|
1871 |
American Ceylon Mission |
Northern |
Jaffna |
Valikamam |
Vaddukoddai |
Private |
[86]
|
St. Anne's College, Kurunegala |
|
1867 |
Roman Catholic church |
North Western |
Kurunegala |
Kurunegala |
Kurunegala |
|
|
Good Shepherd Convent, Colombo |
|
1 May 1869 |
Good Shepherd Order |
Western |
Colombo |
Colombo |
Colombo |
Private |
[87]
|
Sri Dhammasara Piyaratana Maha Vidyalaya,Dodanduwa |
Jinalabdhi Vishodaka |
1869 |
Sri Piyaratana Tissa Mahanayake Thero |
Southern |
Galle |
Ambalangoda |
Dodanduwa |
Provincial |
[88]
|
Rippon College |
Whitfield Road Girls' School |
1871 |
Wesleyan Methodist Mission |
Southern |
Galle |
Galle |
Galle |
National |
[2][10]
|
St. Mary's College, Negombo |
|
1871 |
Roman Catholic Church |
Western |
Gampaha |
Negombo |
Negombo |
|
[89]
|
Trinity College, Kandy |
Kandy Collegiate School |
17 January 1872 |
Church Mission Society of the Anglican Church |
Central |
Kandy |
Kandy |
Kandy |
Private |
[90][91][92][93][94]
|
St. Anthony's College, Kayts |
|
1872 |
|
Northern |
Jaffna |
Islands |
Kayts |
Provincial |
[95]
|
St. Michael's College National School |
St. Mary's English School |
1873 |
Roman Catholic Church |
Eastern |
Batticaloa |
Batticaloa |
Batticaloa |
National |
[96][97]
|
St. Thomas' College, Matale |
|
1873 |
|
Central |
Matale |
Matale |
Matale |
National |
[98]
|
Wesley College, Colombo |
|
2 March 1874 |
Wesleyan Methodist Mission |
Western |
Colombo |
Colombo |
Colombo |
Private |
[10][15][99][100][101]
|
Bishop's College, Colombo |
|
February 1875 |
Church Mission Society of the Anglican Church |
Western |
Colombo |
Colombo |
Colombo |
Private |
[15][102][103]
|
Drieberg College |
Drieberg English School |
1875 |
American Ceylon Mission |
Northern |
Jaffna |
Thenmarachchi |
Chavakachcheri |
Provincial |
[104]
|
Methodist Central College, Hakmana |
|
1875 |
Wesleyan Methodist Mission |
Southern |
Matara |
Mulatiyana |
Hakmana |
Provincial |
[10]
|
Prince of Wales' College, Moratuwa |
|
14 September 1876 |
|
Western |
Colombo |
Piliyandala |
Moratuwa |
National |
[105]
|
St. John's College, Panadura |
|
1876 |
|
Western |
Kalutara |
|
Panadura |
|
[106][107]
|
Victoria College, Chulipuram |
Chulipuram Hindu English School |
1876 |
|
Northern |
Jaffna |
Valikamam |
Chulipuram |
Provincial |
[108]
|
Don Pedrick Maha Vidyalaya, Horana
|
Horana Maha Vidyalaya
|
1878
|
|
Western
|
Kalutara
|
Horana
|
Horana
|
|
|
Girls' High School, Kandy |
|
May 1879[d] |
Wesleyan Methodist Mission |
Central |
Kandy |
Kandy |
Kandy |
National |
[10][110][111][112]
|
Hameed Al Husseinie College
|
First Muslim Boys' School in Sri Lanka
|
15 November 1884
|
Sri Lanka Muslim Society
|
Western
|
Colombo
|
Colombo
|
Colombo
|
National
|
|
Kiriella Central College
|
|
1885
|
|
Sabaragamuwa
|
Ratnapura
|
Ratnapura
|
Kiriella
|
National
|
|
Southlands College, Galle |
Girls' High School |
1885[e] |
Wesleyan Methodist Mission |
Southern |
Galle |
Galle |
Galle |
National |
[10][115][116][117]
|
St. Andrew's National College
|
|
1885
|
|
North Western
|
Puttalam
|
Puttalam
|
Puttalam
|
National
|
|
Our Lady of Victories Convent Moratuwa |
Our Lady of Victories Convent Moratuwa |
9 March 1886 |
Roman Catholic Church |
Western |
Colombo |
|
Moratuwa |
Private
|
Ananda College |
English Buddhist School |
1 November 1886 |
Buddhist Theosophical Society |
Western |
Colombo |
Colombo |
Colombo |
National |
[118][119][120][121]
|
Dharmaraja College |
Kandy Buddhist High School |
30 June 1887 |
Buddhist Theosophical Society |
Central |
Kandy |
Kandy |
Kandy |
National |
[122][123]
|
St. Paul’s Girls School, Milagiriya |
Parish School attached to the St. Paul’s Church of Milagiriya |
14 January 1887 |
Anglican Church of Ceylon |
Central |
Colombo |
Colombo |
Milagiriya |
National
|
Jaffna Hindu College |
The Native Town High School |
1887 |
|
Northern |
Jaffna |
Jaffna |
Jaffna |
National |
|
Piliyandala Central College |
Mampe Piyarathanasara Buddhist Mix School |
1887 |
Rev. Mampe Saranapala Thero |
Western |
Colombo |
Piliyandala |
Piliyandala |
National |
[125]
|
Karandana Sri Jinarathana National
College
|
Karandana Boys School
|
1888
|
|
Sabaragamuwa
|
Ratnapura
|
Eheliyagoda
|
Karandana
|
National
|
|
Christ Church Girls' College |
The Girls' Boarding School |
1 June 1888 |
Church Mission Society of the Anglican Church |
Southern |
Galle |
Baddegama |
Baddegama |
National |
[126]
|
Maliyadeva College |
Kurunegala Buddhist Institution |
30 September 1888 |
Buddhist Theosophical Society |
North Western |
Kurunegala |
Kurunegala |
Kurunegala |
National |
[127][128][129]
|
Nelukkulam Kalaimagal Maha Vidyalayam |
|
1888 |
|
Northern |
Vavuniya |
Vavuniya South |
Nelukkulam |
Provincial |
|
Walasmulla National School |
|
1889 |
|
Southern Province |
Hambanthota |
walasmulla |
walasmulla |
national |
|
Ananda Sastralaya, Kotte |
Kotte Bauddha (Buddhist) Mixed School |
1 January 1890[f] |
|
Western |
Colombo |
Sri Jayawardenapura |
Kotte |
National |
[130]
|
Aluthgama Maha Vidyalaya |
Aluthgama Boys English School |
1890 |
Nathaniel Henry Lorenzo Brohier |
Western |
Kalutara |
Kalutara |
Aluthgama |
National |
|
Holy Cross College, Kalutara |
|
1890 |
|
Western |
Kalutara |
Kalutara South |
Kalutara |
Private |
[131]
|
Rambaikulam Girls' Maha Vidyalayam |
|
1890 |
|
Northern |
Vavuniya |
Vavuniya South |
Vavuniya |
National |
[132]
|
Hillwood College, Kandy |
|
1890 |
|
Central |
Kandy |
Kandy Central |
Kandy |
Private |
[133]
|
Sri Rahula College, Kandy
|
Kandy High School
|
1890
|
Buddhist Theosophical Society
|
Central
|
Kandy
|
Kandy
|
Katugastota
|
National
|
|
Kingswood College, Kandy |
The Boys' High School |
4 May 1891 |
Wesleyan Methodist Mission |
Central |
Kandy |
Kandy |
Kandy |
National |
[10][134][135][136][137]
|
Musaeus College |
Musaeus Buddhist Girls' School |
1891 |
Buddhist Theosophical Society |
Western |
Colombo |
Colombo |
Colombo |
Private |
[138][139][140][141]
|
Dharmadutha College
|
|
21 August 1891
|
Buddhist Theosophical Society
|
Uva
|
Badulla
|
Badulla
|
Badulla
|
National
|
https://dharmaduthacollege.lk/history[142]
|
Mahinda College |
|
1 March 1892 |
Buddhist Theosophical Society |
Southern |
Galle |
Galle |
Galle |
National |
[143][144][145][146]
|
Zahira College, Colombo |
Al-Madrasathul Zahira |
22 August 1892 |
Colombo Muslim Educational Society |
Western |
Colombo |
Colombo |
Colombo |
Private |
[147][148][149][150]
|
St. Aloysius' College, Galle |
|
1895 |
Jesuits |
Southern |
Galle |
Galle |
Galle |
National |
[151]
|
K/L Al-Hambra Maha Vidyalaya, Dharga Town
|
|
1896
|
|
Western
|
Kalutara
|
Kalutara
|
Dharga Town
|
Provincial
|
|
Chundikuli Girls' College |
|
14 January 1896 |
Church Mission Society of the Anglican Church |
Northern |
Jaffna |
Jaffna |
Jaffna |
Private |
[15][152]
|
St. Joseph's College, Colombo |
|
2 March 1896 |
French Roman Catholic missionaries |
Western |
Colombo |
Colombo |
Colombo |
Private |
[15][154][155][156]
|
Sacred Heart Convent, Galle |
|
30 November 1896 |
Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary |
Southern |
Galle |
Galle |
Galle |
|
[157]
|
St. Servatius' College |
St. Servatius' School |
2 November 1897 |
Roman Catholic Belgian Jesuit |
Southern |
Matara |
Matara |
Kotuwegoda |
National |
[158]
|
R. K. M. Sri Koneswara Hindu College |
|
1897 |
|
Eastern |
Trincomalee |
Trincomalee |
Trincomalee |
National |
[159]
|
St. Aloysius College, Ratnapura |
Peter & Paul's Mixed School |
1898 |
Jesuits |
Sabaragamuwa |
Ratnapura |
Ratnapura |
Ratnapura |
National |
[160]
|