Vembadi Girls' High School

Vembadi Girls’ High School
Address
1st Cross Street
Jaffna, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka
Information
School type Public National 1AB
Motto Dare to do right
Founded 1834
Founder Rev. James Lynch
Rev. Thomas Sequence
Rev. Peter Percival
School district Jaffna Education Zone
Authority Ministry of Education
School number 1001009
Principal K. Ponnambalam
Deputy Principal R. Muthukumaran
Teaching staff 99
Grades 1-13
Gender Girls
Age range 5-18
Language Tamil, English
School roll 2,114
Website vembadi.sch.lk

Vembadi Girls’ High School is a girls public national school in Jaffna, Sri Lanka.[1] It was founded in 1834 by British Methodist missionaries and is among the oldest of the modern schools in Sri Lanka.[2]

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History

Methodist missionaries from Britain arrived in Ceylon on 29 June 1814. Two of the missionaries, Rev. James Lynch and Rev. Thomas Sequence, traveled to Jaffna to establish a mission. In 1817 the Jaffna Wesleyan English School was founded with Rev. Lynch as principal. Although the school was a boys school there were a few girls on the roll as well. The school was renamed Jaffna Central School in 1834 by the then principal Rev. Dr. Peter Percival. In the same year a separate girls school was established. The girls school was renamed Vembadi Girl's High School in 1897.

In 1944 Vembadi started providing free education. Most private schools in Ceylon, including Vembadi, were taken over by the government in 1960. In 1984 Vembadi became a national school.

Gallery

Vembadi Girls’ High School Gallery
Vembadi Girls' High School (outside view).  
Front passage of Vembadi Girls' High School.  
Front side building of Vembadi Girls' High School.  
Library and learning resource centre.  
Annual sports meet.  

See also

References

  1. ^ Schools Basic Data as at 01.10.2010. Northern Provincial Council. 2010. http://notice.np.gov.lk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=85:npc-schools-basic-data-as-on-01102010. 
  2. ^ "Vembadi Girls' High School: Milestones". Vembadi Girls' High School. http://www.vembadi.org/milestones/. Retrieved 2010-12-12. 

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