SIRI PIYARATHANA COLLEGE - PADUKKA

After becoming a colony of the British in 1815, the Buddhist education system in this country deteriorated and missionary schools were spread all over the country. As a result, the Ceylon Council of Missionaries took root and built a Christian church in the village of Liyanwala in the Padukka area, and several missionary schools were started based on it. it was. Recognizing the need to promote Buddhist education in such a background, Lord Kurugala Piyarathana took the lead in starting the first Buddhist school in the Padukka area with the full support of the mother of the then Inspector General of Police Mr. Herbert Daubadeen. This Buddhist school started with

 On May 1, 1897, this school was brought to a cabin with a roof of coconut branches in the land adjacent to the land where the Telecom Institute is currently running in the center of Padukka city. It became popular as a mixed school. After that, in 1908, the school was brought to the present site with one building. From then on, this school gradually developed its physical resources and was taken over by the government as Padukka Junior College in 1911. In the early days, this school was maintained by an organization called Vidyodaya Samitya and was called Vidyodaya School. After the educational reforms of Mr. RA Eriyagolla, it was named Siripiyarathana Vidyalaya as a tribute to Piyarathana Thero.

 In 1970, higher level arts and commerce departments and in 1976, the science department were started in this college. On July 1, 1991, the then Minister of Education, Mr. Lalith Athulathmudali, made this school a central college. Mr. Rajapaksa's intervention is also notable. At that time, Mr. M. M. D. Dharmasena was the principal. Siripiyarathana Madhya Maha Vidyalaya, which has traveled for more than a century under the leadership and dedication of 26 principals since its inception, will remain in the center of Padukka for many more centuries. There is no doubt that it will flourish.

Siripiyarathana Madhya Maha Vidyalaya, which joins the list of Madhya Maha Vidyalaya in Sri Lanka, is a school belonging to Padukka Division Education Office, Padukka Division, Hewagam, Korale, Western Province, Colombo District. This school has the largest number of students in grades 6-13 in the Homagama region. Advanced Arts, Commerce, Science , students are admitted to this school not only for the technical sectors but also for thirteen years of continuous education from the year 2019. In addition to that, from the year 2010, the admission of students to the 6th grade is done only from 6 affiliated junior high schools and no one who passes the scholarship is admitted. The specialty is that by overcoming that complex challenge, it is being respected by the teachers, students, parents, former students as well as the surrounding residents as an exemplary school in the area. Year after year, the average and high school results are being systematically developed to become an outstanding school in the region. So far we have been able to school.

 This school excels not only in academic achievements but also in co-curricular activities. The sports department of the school has so far succeeded in shining the name of Siripiyarathana by giving all Sri Lankan, national and international victories through 16 sports events including cricket, rugby, athletics. Bands are proof of the pride of the school. We also inherit the honor of being the only school in the region to have all 5 bands. We are still going to bequeath to the world the sons and daughters who are capable of conquering the world through dance, debate, stage, announcement, creativity and innovation. We have passed school.

 The primary task of education is to develop the character of students and recognize their potential to produce people who can successfully face the challenges of the modern world. Siripiyarathana Vidyalaya is still fulfilling that honorable mission, "to pass on virtuous sons and daughters to the world." Keeping in mind the purpose of "Kurugala Piyarathana Thero", religious programs aimed at spiritual development are also implemented in the school. Siripiyarathana Madhya Maha Vidyalaya, which is engaged in a selfless mission by serving the anonymous needs of the school to the community and the community to the school, is one of the most venerable schools in the Homagama region.