Unawatuna College
| Unawatuna Maha Vidyalaya උණවටුන මහා විද්යාලය | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
Maharamba Road , Southern Province , 80600 | |
| Coordinates | 6°01′14″N 80°14′57″E / 6.020458999043355°N 80.24928035069826°E |
| Information | |
| Former name | Unawatuna Buddhist Mixed School Unawatuna College |
| Type | 1AB |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Buddhist |
| Established | September 17, 1893 |
| Founder | H. W. Amarasuriya |
| School number | 06440[1] |
| Staff | 50 |
| Grades | 1 - 13 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Enrollment | 1000[2] |
| Language | Sinhala |
| Color(s) | |
| Website | "official website". |
Unawatuna Maha Vidyalaya (Sinhala:උණවටුන මහා විද්යාලය, Tamil:உனவடுன மாசா விட்யாயல், also called Unawatuna College) is a government school located in the Unawatuna Southern Province, Sri Lanka. It was established in 1887[3] as the Unawatuna Buddhist Mixed School and later became the Unawatuna Maha Vidyalaya in 1962.[3]
Alumni
- Professor Sirimal Ranawella[4]
- Edwin Ariyadasa[5][6]
- Ashoka Jayasekara[7]
- Sameera Rathnayake - Captain of Sri Lanka Baseball team
References
- ^ "School List 2021" (PDF). moe.gov.lk. Colombo: Ministry of Education, Sri Lanka. p. 64. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ^ "Galle Zonal Education Office". Southern Provincial Department of Education. 1 May 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ a b Nirmanee Bandaranaike (14 September 2018). "වසර 125ක් සපුරන සංචාරක පාරාදීසයේ සොඳුරු තක්සලාව, උණවටුන මහා විද්යාලය" (in Sinhala). Rasa Newspaper. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
- ^ Professor Jayantha Amarasinghe (23 October 2021). "හැම විදුතැන් දැන හැම තැන් විය පසිඳූ, සිරිමල් රණවැල්ල" (in Sinhala). Silumina Newspaper. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
- ^ Prince Rathnayaka (2 December 2017). "ජ්යෙෂ්ඨ ජනමාධ්යවේදී එඩ්වින් ආරියදාස වියතාණෝ" (in Sinhala). Lankadeepa Newspaper. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
- ^ "උණවටුනේ මහා ප්රාඥයා දැයෙන් සමුගනී". rata.lk (in Sinhala). 21 January 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
- ^ Niluka D. Thilakarathne (18 August 2010). "පාන්දර පහේ ඉඳලා පාන් පෝලිමේ හිටියා". dinamina.lk (in Sinhala). Dinamina Newspaper. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
