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Public school in Kandy, Sri Lanka From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sri Rahula College (Sinhala: ශ්රී රාහුල විද්යාලය) is a mixed National school located in Kandy, Sri Lanka founded by Buddhist Theosophical Society led by Colonel Henry Steel Olcott in 1890. It offers primary and secondary education for more than 2,000 students from grade 1 to 13.
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| Sri Rahula College ශ්රී රාහුල විද්යාලය | |
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Sri Lanka | |
| Coordinates | 7.2964°N 80.6350°E |
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| Type | Public |
| Motto | Pali: අතත දීපා විහරථ Sinhala: තමා තමාටම පහනක් වන්න (Be a light to yourself) |
| Established | 1890 |
| Founder | Col. Henry Steel Olcott |
| Principal | S. M. C. Weerakoon එස්.එම්.සී. වීරකෝන් මයා |
| Staff | 144 Teachers[citation needed] |
| Grades | Class 1 - 13 |
| Color(s) | Green, yellow and maroon |
| Affiliation | Buddhist |
During the late nineteenth-century Sinhalese Buddhist revival, Buddhist Theosophical Society under the guidance of Colonel Henry Steel Olcott founded several Buddhist schools around the country to provide English education to Buddhist students who would otherwise have had to go to a missionary school in order to study English. Under that program, they founded a school, Kandy High School, on a piece of land at Katugasthota.[1] The school opened with only sixteen students in 1890 with Niyangoda as the first principal of the school.[1]
There are four college houses named after four Sinhalese kings. Students compete against each other representing their respective houses to win the annual inter-house games.
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