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Public provincial (aps) school in Point Pedro, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hartley College (Tamil: ஹாட்லிக் கல்லூரி Hāṭlik Kallūri) is a provincial school in Point Pedro, Sri Lanka.[1][2] Founded in 1838 by British Methodist missionaries, it is one of Sri Lanka's oldest schools. The school is named after Wesleyan priest and missionary Rev. Hartley.
Hartley College ஹாட்லிக் கல்லூரி | |
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Location | |
, Sri Lanka | |
Coordinates | 9°49′40.20″N 80°13′58.20″E |
Information | |
School type | Public provincial (APS) 1AB |
Motto | Fiat lux (Let there be light) |
Religious affiliation(s) | Methodism |
Denomination | Methodist Church in Sri Lanka |
Founded | 1838 |
Founder | Peter Percival |
School district | Vadamarachi Education Zone |
School number | 1007026 |
Principal | T. Kalaichelvan |
Teaching staff | 52 |
Grades | 6-13 |
Gender | Boys |
Age range | 11-18 |
School roll | 206 |
Language | Tamil, English |
Website | hartley |
Methodist missionaries from Britain arrived in Ceylon on 29 June 1814. The Wesleyan Mission Central School was founded in 1838 by Rev. Dr. Peter Percival.[3][4] The school is located at the current location of the Methodist Girls' High School. The school transferred to its current site in 1874.[3] The school was renamed Christ Church School in 1912 and Hartley College in 1916.[3][4]
Most private schools in Ceylon were taken over by the government in 1960. Hartley College becomes a publicly funded school on 1 December 1960.[4]
Following arson by the Sri Lankan government forces in 1984, the school moved to Puttalai from 1985 to 1990.[3] In 1989, the school appeared on a postage stamp issued to commemorate its 150th anniversary.[3] From 1996 to 2002, part of the school was occupied by the Sri Lanka Army, and the school remains in a high security zone.[5] In 2005, part of the school was destroyed by a grenade thrown from a motorcycle.[6]
Name | Year | Notability | Reference |
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K. S. Arulnandhy | Deputy Director of Education (1946–1950) | [13] | |
Herbert Thambiah | Chief Justice of Sri Lanka (1991) | [14] |
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