Rajasinghe Central College

Rajasinghe Central College
රාජසිංහ මධ්‍ය විද්‍යාලය

"ශක්තියෙන් හා භක්තියෙන්"
"With faith & strength"
Location
Hanwella
Sri Lanka
Coordinates 6°54′32″N 80°5′19″E / 6.90889°N 80.08861°E / 6.90889; 80.08861Coordinates: 6°54′32″N 80°5′19″E / 6.90889°N 80.08861°E / 6.90889; 80.08861
Information
Type National School
Established 1886
Grades Class 6-13
Gender Mixed
Enrollment 2500
Color(s)

Maroon & Gold

        
Website rajasing.sch.lk

Rajasinghe Central College (Sinhala: රාජසිංහ මධ්‍ය විද්‍යාලය) is a leading school situated in a picturesque landscape in the ancient kingdom of seethawakapura. It’s a super grade AB school which provides all the facilities for students to follow the subjects of four streams Science, Commerce, Arts and Technology. The present principal is Mr Jagath Soorasena and the academic staff exceeds more than 160 teachers while more than 40 members of non academic staff. Many prominent personalities in the area are products of Rajasinghe Central College. The motto of the school, “With Faith and Strength” has given the strength to produce such personalities.

History

Hanwella is one of the historic place in the ancient Seethawaka Kingdom. The Kelani river, one of the major rivers in motherland flows alongside the town. Hanwella Rajasinghe Central College was established instead of “Hanwella bilingual school” and inaugurated in 1886 in the premises where the present divisional educational office is situated.

At the time that the “Free education to all from primary level to the university” was introduced by Dr. C.W.W. Knnaggara ( The Minister of education ) this school was named as “Hanwella Madhya Maha Vidyalaya”. This was the 20th Madhya maha vidyalaya in ceylon which was belonging to the 3rd category.

At that time the present central school was insufficient to cope to the 600 pupils, therefore the school was shifted to a new place called “Lancia meru godalla”.

Captain D.S. Gunasekara and committee of villagers had collected the money ( Rs.12000 ) from villagers and bought this plot of land ( Lancia meru godalla ) from Mr. Thepanis Welikala Appuhami and presented it in 1946 to the Dr. C.W.W. Kannaggara who was theminister of education at that time. The foundation stone for two storied building was laid on the 21st of December in 1951, by the Capt. Gunasekara and it was opened in May 1953 by the Prime minister Hon. Dudley Senanayake and it was done by under the guidance of Mrs. Kusuma Gunawardena.

This was a leading school in historic Seethawaka Kingdom, Mr. Philip Gunawardena ( The minister of Parliament ) proposed to rename” Hanwella Madhya Maha Vidyalaya” as “Hanwella Rajasinghe Central College” in 1968.

Houses

The students are divided among four houses

Colour -      Blue

Colour -      Yellow

Colour -      Red

Colour -      Green

The houses are named from four ancient kings of Sri Lanka.

Clubs & Societies

Rajasinghe Central College offers different types of opportunities for students to get involved in different co curricular activities. Because administration of the school believe that co curricular activities provide an important platform platform for students character development. While allowing them to discover develop their talents. More than 15 clubs & societies are available in the school and each activity is supervised by group of teachers of the school.

Sports

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