Telijjawila Central College

Telijjawila Central College තෙලිජ්ජවිල මධ්‍ය විද්‍යාලය
Location
Matara, Thelijjawila , Southern Province Sri Lanka
Coordinates	6°01′10″N 80°29′31″E
Information
Type	National.
Motto	Nasathi Vidya Samam Mithram (නාසති විද්‍යා සමං මිත්‍රම්)
Established	1946
Founder	Dr. C.W.W. Kannangara
Principal	Mr.Jayantha Meegoda
Grades	6 - 13
Gender	Mixed
Enrollment	2500
Language	Sinhala, English
Color(s)	Maroon & Gold
Song	ලකඹර ජය දද නැංවූ මාතා
Affiliation	Buddhist
Website	Telijjawila Central College

Telijjawila Central College (Sinhala: තෙලිජ්ජවිල මධ්‍ය විද්‍යාලය)(commonly known as "Telijjawila Central College") is a government school for boys and girls in Telijjawila Matara, Sri Lanka . The college is situated in a hilly area, close to Weligama Akuressa main road with natural surroundings. The college was initially founded as a Buddhist school in 1954 in present location and in 31-01-1996 declared as a National school. The college presently consists of over 2500 student population with children studying from primary level to secondary level education with a faculty of 130 teachers.

School history

Telijjawila Central College in 1962

The college functioned in this premises until 1955 during which year it was shifted to the present location at Udukawa the hillock facing the paddy fields with a rich scenic beauty.

A Central college for Telijjawila, under the scheme for taking education to village, by late Dr. C.W.W. Kannangara, would not have been a reality, if not for the great efforts made by the late David Wanigasekara, and Pujya. Naranda Thero of, Wajiraramaya, Bambalapitiya.

The college commenced its operation on 17 January 1946 at Telijjawila junction, in a small building, thatched with coconut leaves. It had nearly 200 students and the staff consisted of three teachers. The pioneer teachers were DH Wickramasekara and UA Podinona. The first principal was HL Wimalasuriya from Gnanodaya Vidyalaya at Kalutara.

Wickramaratne Walawwa was used as the boys' hostel and Girls' was established at Samarasinghe walawwa Bibugodella watta.

Despite a shortage of buildings and other facilities, the school quickly became well-known and one of the best schools in Ceylon, Medium of instruction was English till 1956. The school was declared open during the tenure of principal RB Gallella on 15 July 1955, by the then Hon. Prime Minister Sir John Kotalawala. He was a prominent educationalist and a disciplinarian who won the hearts of all students. And served until he was transferred to Maho central college in February 1957.

In 1948, the school moved to new buildings constructed in land acquired by the government, to its present location, which consisted of an assembly hall, classrooms, administrative blocks, crafts rooms, and two hostel blocks.

T.C.C in past

Past Principals from 1946

No.	Period	Name
1	17.01.1946 - 31.05.1948	Mr. H.L. Wimalasooriya
2	01.06.1948 - 05.02.1949	Mr. Edmond Dias Gunarathne
3	February 1949 - March 1951	Mr. M.A. de Silva
4	March to October 1951	Mr. G. Tanthirigoda (Acting Principal)
5	October 1951 - August 1952	Mr. H.L. Rathnapala
6	12.05.1952 - 24.04.1955	Mr. D.A. Wedage
7	25.04.1955 - 01.02.1957	Mr. R.B. Gallella
8	01.02.1957 - 30.09.1968	Mr. L.H.P. De Silva
9	10.10.1968 - 16.07.1970	Mr. U.A.F. Dharmasiri
10	16.07.1970 - 25.09.1973	Mr. N.G.K. Samarasekara
11	25.09.1973 - 02.06.1975	Mr. R.A. Mathos
12	02.06.1975 - 08.07.1977	Mr. N.A. Gunadasa
13	08.07.1977 - 26.02.1980	Mr. C.K. Waidyarathna
14	27.02.1980 - 05.01.1981	Mr. P.V.P. Wickramasingha
15	05.01.1981 - 14.01.1986	Mr. M.K. Sirisena
16	15.01.1986 - 05.06.1988	Mr. N. Jayawardana
17	16.06.1988 - 11.09.1988	Mr. J.P.P. Jayaweera
18	13.09.1988 - 04.05.1992	Mr. A. Gamage
19	04.05.1992 - 01.04.1993	Mr. I. Wijewantha
20	01.04.1993 - 07.10.1994	Mr. W. Chittananda
21	07.10.1994 - 26.11.2002	Mr.P.V.P.Wickramasingha
22	25.08.2003 - 25.08.2004	Mr. Cyril.T.Gunawardana
23	05.11.2004 - 31.01.2006	Mr. Rohana Deraniyagala
24	31.01.2006 - 2017	Mr. Wimal Vidanapathirana

School anthem

ලකඹර ජය දද නැංවූ මාතා
තෙලිදිය විල මැදි විදු මාතා
නුවණැස පෑදූ සිප්සත සෑදූ
සාගරයේ ගුණධාරී වූ
                 නමදිමු අප විදුහල් මාතා
ඔබගේ සෙවනේ සිප්සත සැදුවෝ
ලක් පොළොවේ ජය හඬ නැගුවෝ
ඒ අඩි පාරේ අපි පා ඔසවා
සුරකිමු ඔබෙ නාමය සැමදා
ලකඹර...
ගුරු සිත නොතලා කීකරු වීලා
යුතුකම් ගුණදම් රැක නිතිනා
ආදර මෑණි ඔබෙ පා වැඳලා
කැප වෙමු දෑ සේවය සඳහා
ලකඹර...
විදුහල් අතරේ කිරුළු පලන්දා
ඔබ හෙළයේ රැජිණිය වේවා!
ජාතිය රකිනා හෙළ දූ දරුවන්
මතු මතු අත්මෙහි බිහි වේවා!
ලකඹර...

Notable alumni

Name	Notability
Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena	Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka from 2020

Houses

There are four student houses in the college,They are:

• Rohana  :  
• Thissa  :  
• Anura  :  
• Vijitha :