Sri Palee College
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Sripalee College, Horana is one of the main mixed schools in Sri Lanka
. The current number of students of Sripalee College is over 3,500. There are classes from grade 1 t0 13.
, a prominent revolutionary educationist and a politician of Sri Lanka, Sripalee (place where the goddess of fine arts lives) had been founded by Guru Dev Rabindranath Tagore
a great writer, artist and an educationist of India as a model of his famous university at Shanthi Niketan later called Visva Bharathi University.
At present, the principal and 140 number of academic staff and 20 number of non-academic staff operate at Sripalee College. Present education medium is Sinhala and recently English medium is also being introduced. At the same time, English is taught as secondary language in all classes. At present Sripalee is like any other government school in the island and subjects are taught according to the government curriculum. Sripalee is reputed for creating people with artistic abilities. Science, mathematics and commerce streams are available at Sripalee College at secondary educational level.
As a planter he had to mingle with ordinary people and labourers in estates and the various people in the surrounding area. There he could clearly see the grievances of poor people and their struggle to live. He truly felt sorry for these people and made extensive surveys to discover the reasons for their hardships. As a result of this effort he wrote the book Problems of Rural Ceylon. To find solutions for those problems he established for the first time a rural development society in Raigam Korale. He also believed in free education for the sons and daughters of the poor. To make all his ideas a reality he established Sripalee College at Horana in Sri Lanka based on the model of Shanthi Niketan in West Bengal, India. He was the first to start giving a midday meal to the pupils.
As a Leftist, Wilmot Perera was involved in the “Suriyamal” movement during the World War II period and later became a Member of Parliament for the Matugama
electorate in the 1947 general election and he won the same electorate in 1952 as well. In 1957 he became the first Sri Lankan ambassador to China. He was the chairman of the Wilmot A. Perera Salaries commission. He died in 1973.
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...
. The current number of students of Sripalee College is over 3,500. There are classes from grade 1 t0 13.
History
On 20 May 1934, under the wishful patronage of Mr. Wilmot A. PereraWilmot A. Perera
Wilmot A. Perera was a Sri Lankan statesman and philanthropist. A Member of Parliament, he was Ceylonese's first Ambassador to China....
, a prominent revolutionary educationist and a politician of Sri Lanka, Sripalee (place where the goddess of fine arts lives) had been founded by Guru Dev Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore , sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali polymath who reshaped his region's literature and music. Author of Gitanjali and its "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse", he became the first non-European Nobel laureate by earning the 1913 Prize in Literature...
a great writer, artist and an educationist of India as a model of his famous university at Shanthi Niketan later called Visva Bharathi University.
At present, the principal and 140 number of academic staff and 20 number of non-academic staff operate at Sripalee College. Present education medium is Sinhala and recently English medium is also being introduced. At the same time, English is taught as secondary language in all classes. At present Sripalee is like any other government school in the island and subjects are taught according to the government curriculum. Sripalee is reputed for creating people with artistic abilities. Science, mathematics and commerce streams are available at Sripalee College at secondary educational level.
College founder
The founder of Sripalee College was a proprietor planter - Mr. Wilmot A. Perera. His father was Abraham Perera who was known as the King of Rubber in Raigam and Pasdun Counties and was the richest person in the area as he got a massive income through rubber due to an agreement between a British company and him. Wilmot A. Perera was born on 12 June 1905. Firstly he was educated at Cyril Jansze College at Panadura and later at Royal College Colombo. He initially thought of studying archaeology, but after his father's demise he had to be a planter. Within a short period he became a successful planter and was married to a lady from a wealthy family in Galle.As a planter he had to mingle with ordinary people and labourers in estates and the various people in the surrounding area. There he could clearly see the grievances of poor people and their struggle to live. He truly felt sorry for these people and made extensive surveys to discover the reasons for their hardships. As a result of this effort he wrote the book Problems of Rural Ceylon. To find solutions for those problems he established for the first time a rural development society in Raigam Korale. He also believed in free education for the sons and daughters of the poor. To make all his ideas a reality he established Sripalee College at Horana in Sri Lanka based on the model of Shanthi Niketan in West Bengal, India. He was the first to start giving a midday meal to the pupils.
As a Leftist, Wilmot Perera was involved in the “Suriyamal” movement during the World War II period and later became a Member of Parliament for the Matugama
Matugama
Matugama is an electorate in the Kalutara district of Sri Lanka. It is located 64 km to the south of Colombo.- History :Matugama is part of the Pasdun Korale , created when King Parakramabahu the Great drained the Kalu Ganga basin...
electorate in the 1947 general election and he won the same electorate in 1952 as well. In 1957 he became the first Sri Lankan ambassador to China. He was the chairman of the Wilmot A. Perera Salaries commission. He died in 1973.