Kokuvil Hindu College
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Kokuvil Hindu College is a mixed public provincial school in Kokkuvil
, Sri Lanka
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. The school became a “grant in – aid school” in 1914. In 1926 it was promoted to a "C grade" junior secondary school. In 1940 it was promoted to a "B grade" senior secondary school. Handy Perinbanayagam took over a principal in 1949.
Most private schools in Ceylon, including KHC, were taken over by the government in 1960.
Kokkuvil
Kokkuvil is a small town in the North Sri Lankan city of Jaffna....
, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
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History
Kokuvil Hindu English School was founded in 1910 as a feeder school for Jaffna Hindu CollegeJaffna Hindu College
Jaffna Hindu College is a boys public national school in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. It was founded in 1886 by a group of Hindu people who wanted an English language alternative to the Christian missionary schools. JHC is known throughout Sri Lanka as Hindu College.-History:In the late 19th century all the...
. The school became a “grant in – aid school” in 1914. In 1926 it was promoted to a "C grade" junior secondary school. In 1940 it was promoted to a "B grade" senior secondary school. Handy Perinbanayagam took over a principal in 1949.
Most private schools in Ceylon, including KHC, were taken over by the government in 1960.