Thurstan College
| Thurstan College Colombo කොළඹ තර්ස්ටන් විද්යාලය |
|
|---|---|
 |
|
| Location | |
|
Colombo Sri Lanka |
|
| Coordinates | 6°54′13″N 79°51′36″E / 6.90361°N 79.86000°ECoordinates: 6°54′13″N 79°51′36″E / 6.90361°N 79.86000°E |
| Information | |
| Type | National school |
| Motto |
Thamaso Ma Jyothirgamaya ("Lead me from Darkness to Light") |
| Established | 11 January 1950 |
| Founder | E. A. Nugawela |
| Principal | E. M. S. Ekanayake |
| Gender | Boys |
| Colour(s) |
Blue, Gold & Red |
| Website | www.thurstancollege.net |
Thamaso Ma Jyothirgamaya
Blue, Gold & Red
Thurstan College is a national school in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Situated in the Cinnamon Gardens of Colombo 7, it is in the heart of the educational triangle of Sri Lanka with the University of Colombo and the Royal College Colombo as neighbors. As a national school it is controlled by the Central government as opposed to the Provincial Council and provides both primary and secondary education.
Thurstan College has a student population of 4000 and prepares students for the examinations conducted by the Ministry of Education. The facilities at college include science laboratories, computer laboratories and library. The school has more than 30 clubs and societies.
Reverend Father A. J. Thurstan started a private technical school in 1859 and maintained it out of his own funds. This institution had been an agricultural and multimedia technical training centre for many years but had to be closed down after a few years. In 1884, with the assistance of the British government, an agricultural school was started in the same place. There is evidence to show that around this agricultural school there had been a flourishing cinnamon cultivation, and today Colombo 7 is known as Cinnamon Gardens due to this cultivation. The agricultural school was started by the then Director of Education Mr. H. W. Green. In 1910 it was closed down.
In the 1930s free education concept brought by scholar and minister of education Dr. C. W. W. Kannangara. A new school was opened by then Minister of Education by Major E. A. Nugawela on 11 January 1950 named as the Government Senior School at Thurstan Road (now known as Kumarathunga Munidasa Mawatha), on one side was the old Royal College Colombo established in 1835 and on the other side was the University of Ceylon which was of established in 1922. It was formed to accommodate the overflow of students from Royal Preparatory School. They were the students who could not gain admission to Royal College. The Government Senior School was later renamed as Thurstan College and 26 students who entered the grade one and 2 of from Royal Preparatory School to grade six. The principal of the new school was Mr. D. E. A. Shokman. He introduced a house system for sports, student leadership (prefects), cadetting, and literary associations. He named the houses after the four directors of Education during British rule namely Denham, Macrey, Robison and Sandeman.
...
Wikipedia