Mahajana College, Tellippalai

Public provincial school in Tellippalai, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka

9°47′11″N 80°01′21″E / 9.78639°N 80.02250°E / 9.78639; 80.02250InformationSchool typePublic provincial 1ABMottoKnow ThyselfFoundedOctober 1910FounderT. A. ThuraiyappapillaiSchool districtValikamam Education ZoneAuthorityNorthern Provincial CouncilSchool number1013001Teaching staff65Grades1-13GenderMixedAge range5-18School roll1,978LanguageTamil, EnglishWebsitemahajanacollege.net

Mahajana College (Tamil: மகாஜனாக் கல்லூரி Makājaṉāk Kallūri) is a provincial school in Tellippalai, Sri Lanka.^[1]^[2]

History

The school was founded in October 1910 by scholar and poet T. A. Thuraiyappapillai.

Mahajana English High School is founded by Pavalar T. A. Thuraiappahpillai in 1910.

1949 - Raised to Grade I school

1961 - College is raised to Super Grade status.

1962 - The college is vested in the Crown as from 1 February and becomes a Government Institution for all intents and purposes.

1976 - Mr. P. Kanagasabapathy becomes the Principanl

1976 Oct - Former Principal Mr. T.T. Jeyaratnam passes away.

1990 - Mahajana temporarily moves to Alaveddy Arunothaya College.

and later moves to Pandatharippu Girls College next year.

On September 15, 1999, Mahajana College moved back to the original location at Ambanai.

References

^ Schools Basic Data as at 01.10.2010. Northern Provincial Council. 2010. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03.
^ "Province - Northern" (PDF). Schools Having Bilingual Education Programme. Ministry of Education. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-03.