Taxila Central College, Horana
| Taxila Central College තක්ෂිලා මධ්ය විද්යාලය |
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Horana Western Province Sri Lanka |
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| Type | National School |
| Motto | "Appamatta Namiyanthi" අප්පමත්තා නමියන්ති (Those who are vigilant never die) |
| Established | 1905 |
| Founder | Colonel Henry Steel Olcott |
| School district | Kalutara |
| Principal | K. K. P. M. Jayathilaka |
| Grades | 6 to 13 |
| Gender | Boys & Girls |
| Age | 11 to 19 |
| Enrollment | over 3700 |
| Colour(s) |
maroon white and blue |
| Publication | "Thakshila" Magazine |
| Affiliation | Ministry of Education of Sri lanka |
| Website | taxila.sch.lk |
maroon white and blue
Taxila Central College (Sinhala:තක්ෂිලා මධ්ය විද්යාලය (takṣilā madhya vidyālaya)Tamil:
டேக்ஸிலா மத்திய கல்லூரி (Ṭēksilā mattiya kallūri) ) (also referred to as takṣilā madhya mahā vidyālaya, or simply as Taxila) is a selective entry Mixed' school located in Horana, Sri Lanka. Started as a National School by Colonel Henry Steel Olcott in 1905.
In 1905 the Horana Buddhist English school was established under the programme of opening of Buddhist schools, launched by the Ceylon Buddhist Theosophists and Col. Henry Steel Olcott. The school was established in a small plot of land provided by Sathis Wimalasekara.
The school was relocated to a plot of land donated by Arthur V. Dies, a philanthropist, during the 1930s. The Horana Buddhist English School was renamed as the Taxila Buddhist English School, following a proposal by W. K. S. Fonseka, a teacher at the school, and endorsed by then principal, W. F. Sirisena.
As a result of the educational reforms proposed by the C. W. W. Kannangara committee in 1943, 54 central colleges were established throughout the country. That was a revolutionary step in the sense of social mobility occurred thereafter. Moreover, there was a growing demand for taking over of the Taxila Buddhist English school by the government and making it a central college.
As an outcome of those events, under the patronage of the Minister of Education, C. W. W. Kannangara, on 6 June 1946, the Taxila Buddhist English school was converted into Taxila Central College.
From the first principal Thomas Newton Silva, a number of subsequent principals namely, H. Y. De Silva, Edmond Dias, A. R. Erathne and Jayaweera Bandara have given leadership to the Taxila Central College when the premises of the school shifted to the present venue in 1954. Minister John Kotalawala was instrumental in completing the task in time. during the first phase of central college, the first student entered to the arts faculty of the university of Colombo in 1951. After the shift of venue Taxila Central College became an above grade 6 school, leaving the primary section at the old venue as a different school. The shift occurred in the times of Edmond Dias as the principal.
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