Vembadi Girls High School

Vembadi Girls' High School
வேம்படி மகளிர் உயர்தரப் பாடசாலை

Vembadi Girls’ High School
Address
1st Cross Street
Jaffna, Jaffna District, Northern Province
Sri Lanka
Coordinates 9°39′46.40″N 80°0′54.80″E / 9.6628889°N 80.0152222°E / 9.6628889; 80.0152222Coordinates: 9°39′46.40″N 80°0′54.80″E / 9.6628889°N 80.0152222°E / 9.6628889; 80.0152222
Information
School type Public national 1AB
Motto Dare to do right
Founded 1834
Founder Rev. James Lynch
Rev. Thomas Squance
Rev. Peter Percival
School district Jaffna Education Zone
Authority Ministry of Education
School number 1001009
Principal Mrs.V. Shanmukaratnam
Teaching staff 99
Grades 6-13
Gender Girls
Age range 11-18
Language Tamil, English
School roll 2,114
Website vembadi.sch.lk

Vembadi Girls’ High School (Tamil: வேம்படி மகளிர் உயர்தரப் பாடசாலை Vēmpaṭi Mahaḷir Uyartarap Pāṭacālai) is a national school in Jaffna, Sri Lanka.[1][2] Founded in 1834 by British Methodist missionaries, it is one of Sri Lanka's oldest schools.[3]

History

Methodist missionaries from Britain arrived in Ceylon on 29 June 1814. Two of the missionaries, Rev. James Lynch and Rev. Thomas Squance, traveled to Jaffna leaving Galle on 14 July 1814 and arriving in Jaffna on 11 August 1814, 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 Girls' 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.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Schools Basic Data as at 01.10.2010. Northern Provincial Council. 2010.
  2. ↑ "Province - Northern" (PDF). Schools Having Bilingual Education Programme. Ministry of Education.
  3. ↑ "Vembadi Girls' High School: Milestones". Vembadi Girls' High School. Retrieved 2010-12-12.
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