Vidyaloka College is a boys' school in Galle, Sri Lanka. The school was established on 14 January 1941 by philanthropist Henry Woodward Amarasuriya under the patronage of Venerable Weliwitiye Punyasara Thera. It is a national school which accommodates over 3,100+ students and provides primary and secondary education to them. The school was re-constructed after it was badly affected by the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004.

College Today

The college today provides education to about 3,100+ students from grade 1 to grade 13 and it is regarded as one of the leading boys' schools in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka.

Vidyaloka College

School Boundaries

The land named ‘Kekiri Obada Watta’ where the school is located stretches up to the Wackwella road to the East, Vidyaloka Lane to the North, Sri Devamitta Mawatha to the West and Queens Cinema to the South and it is a flat land of about of 2 acres of extent situated in the heart of Galle city.

Vidyaloka College

Past principals

1941 - 1944 : E. A. C. Munasinghe

1945 - 1964 : B. D. P. de Silva

1964 - 1965 : A. Hendravitharana

1965 - 1971 : B. K. de Silva

1971 - 1977 : Chandradasa de Silva

1977 - 1981 : Christy Nanayakkara

1981 - 1995 : D. H. Senevirathna

1996 - 2004 : M. B. L. de Silva

2004 - 2010 : N. G. Gunapala

2010 - 2013 : F. Welege

2013–present : Prasanna Senewiraththne

College Houses

Students are divided into four houses according to their admission number. These houses are named after four ancient kings of Sri Lanka.

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-Ashoka

-Gemunu

-Prakrama

-Sangabo

Notable alumni

References

External links

Vidyaloka College Website

Old Boys Association of Vidyaloka College

1941 establishments in Ceylon

Boys' schools in Sri Lanka

Educational institutions established in 1941

National schools in Sri Lanka

Schools in Galle