Uduvil Girls' College
| Uduvil Girls' College உடுவில் மகளிர் கல்லூரி | |
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| Location | |
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Uduvil, Jaffna District, Northern Province Sri Lanka | |
| Coordinates | 9°44′04.40″N 80°00′57.70″E / 9.7345556°N 80.0160278°ECoordinates: 9°44′04.40″N 80°00′57.70″E / 9.7345556°N 80.0160278°E |
| Information | |
| School type | Private 1AB |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Christianity |
| Denomination | Anglicanism |
| Founded | 1820 |
| Founder | Harriet Winslow |
| School district | Valikaamam Education Zone |
| Authority | Church of South India |
| School number | 1010033 |
| Grades | 1-13 |
| Gender | Girls |
| Age range | 5-18 |
| Language | Tamil, English |
| School roll | 1,067 |
Uduvil Girls' College (Tamil: உடுவில் மகளிர் கல்லூரி Uduvil Makalir Kallūri, UGC) is a girls private school in Uduvil, Sri Lanka.[1][2] Founded in 1820 by American missionaries, it is one of Sri Lanka's oldest schools.
History
In 1816 American missionaries founded the American Ceylon Mission in Jaffna. The ACM established missions in other parts of the Jaffna peninsula including one in Vaddukoddai. The ACM established numerous schools on the peninsula, the first school being the Common Free School (Union College) in Tellippalai. In 1820 the Uduvil Seminary was established in Uduvil. It was situated in an abandoned Franciscan mission built by the Portuguese. Harriet Winslow (1796–1823), a missionary turned it into an all-girls boarding school in 1824. It was called Missionary Seminary and Female Central School. It was Asia’s first all-girls boarding school.
See also
References
- ↑ Schools Basic Data as at 01.10.2010. Northern Provincial Council. 2010.
- ↑ "Province - Northern" (PDF). Schools Having Bilingual Education Programme. Ministry of Education.
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