Bandarawela Central college
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The Bandarwela Madya Maha Vidyalaya (Bandarawela Central College) is a public school situated in Uva province
, Sri Lanka
. It was founded in 1948 as a section of Royal College Colombo
. This is famous as "Light of Uva" and it is a National School
which controlled by the central government
as opposed to the Provincial Council
and provides both primary
and Secondary education
. Bandarawela Central college has produced many of the undergraduates from Badulla District
for local universities annually.
ese bomb attack to Colombo
city during the period of World War II
. In 1942, 1-3 forms of the Royal College, Colombo were shifted to Glendale bungalow in Bandarawela , where BCC stands today. In 1944 the Royal College preparatory school
also brought to the same place. This was in place until 1948 when they were moved back to Colombo.
After the departure of Royal College, the new school was established in the former premises. Though with humble beings with just one or two building in its early days the school grew with Glendale bungalow begin granted to the school by Mr. Hoak along with its land of 26 acres (105,218.4 m²). In 1954 the Prime minister
Sir
John Kotelawala
declared open the college main hall and two storied building, which caused to rapid development of the facilities in the college. In 1958 this was called as Bandarawela senior school and after 1972 Bandarawela Senior College became the Bandarwela Madya Maha Vidyalaya (Bandarawela Central College). In 1986 November BMMV became a National school and on that time this school was the one and only National school in Uva province. In 1974 BMMV ‘s primary section was separated and started as another school called Bandarawela Darmashoka vidyalaya. But in 1986 it was started again very close to the Bandarawela central college and now it is called as Dr. E.W Adikaram Primary school, Bandarawela.
mediums. The students can select the learning medium according to their preference. Presently the school is divided into two main sections for administrative purposes. They are called primary (grade 1-5) and secondary (grade 6-13) education sections. The school provides accommodations
for both boys and girls. Since many years, the school has maintained excellent academic records in ordinary
and advance
level examinations and its students have archived the highest grades in the provincial as well as island wide rankings.
Today school provide different kinds of facilities to accomplish the tasks of the students. The school is equipped with large amount of facilities such as science
laboratories, IT
unit, large play ground, library
, auditoriums, aesthetics
sections, etc. It also provides sport facilities to improve the students athletics and other sports skills.
to improve their skills and attitudes.
Tissa
Gamunu Vijaya Abhaya
The names of the houses are derived from past king
s of Sri Lanka. Annually the college organize inter-house athletic games to improve the athletics skills of the students as well as their team spirit
. This provides great opportunity for the students to become good athletes in the future.
of Games) and Mrs. Delsika Fernando act as Teachers in charge of sports. There are trainers and coaches
also available for the different games.
The sports events which are played in school:
Battle
of Uva is annual cricket match
(Big match) plays against St. Joseph college Bandarawela. First match was played in 1996 at school play ground. But after wards it was shifted to Bandarawela Urban
Council play ground and had been played until year 2003. Unfortunately this had been stopped since 2004 due to some authorities problems. In 2011 the match was reorganized by the school old boys association collaborate with St. Joseph college and held in Bandarawela municipal council ground after 7 years break. At the end Bandarawela Central College pull off the trophy very first time in the history of Golden Battle of Uva.
! style="text-align: middle; background: #b22222;"|Gender
! style="text-align: middle; background: #b22222;"|Name
! style="text-align: middle; background: #b22222;"|Period
|-----
| Mr.
| Amarasekar (Principal of Royal College)
| 1949
|-----
| Mr.
| H.R. Perera
| 1950
|-----
| Mr.
| Percy Bouy
| 1954
|----
| Mr.
| D.G.R. Abegunawardana
| 1960
|-----
| Mr.
| W.P.K.D. Silva
| 1961.01.01
|----
| Mr.
| M.B. Rathnayake
| --
|----
| Mr.
| C. Bibile (Acting Principal)
| 1965.06.04 – 1966.02.15
|----
| Mr.
| H.W. Fernando
| 1966.02.15 – 1967.01.01
|----
| Mr.
| K.V.W. De Silva
| 1967.01.01 – 1977.05.26
|----
| Mr.
| D.M.P Dissanayake
| 1977.06.06 – 1979.03.01
|----
| Mr.
| P. Samaranayake
| 1979.03.01 – 1981.12.31
|-----
| Mr.
| D.M.M.B. Dissanayake(Deputy)
| 1982.01.01 – 1982.03.01
|----
| Mr.
| M.P. Alwis
| 1982.03.01 – 1989.04.23
|-----
| Mr.
| Gunadasa Edirisinghe
| 1989.04.24 – 1993.08.01
|-----
| Mrs.
| Wijelatha Gunawardana(Acting Principal)
| 1993.08.01 – 1993.10.11
|----
| Mr.
| R.M. Jayasekara
| 1993.10.11 – 1995.05.03
|-----
| Mr.
| A.M. Vithana
| 1995.05.04 – 1997.11.23
|----
| Mrs.
| Wijelatha Gunawardana(Acting Principal)
| 1997.11.24 – 1998.03.25
|-----
| Mr.
| Jayantha Wikramanayake
| 1998.03.25 – 2002.12.09
|----
| Mr.
| H.K. Jayasekara
| 2002.12.09 – 2003.11.12
|-----
| Mr.
| K.M. Aberrathna Banda
| 2003.11.13 - 2009.04.03
|-----
| Mrs.
| Sunethra M. Vithana ( Acting Principal )
| 2009.04.04 - 2009.10.01
|-----
| Mr.
| M.M Vimalasekara
| 2009.10.02 - Present
Bathi kusum puda adarin samada - Obe pa namadimu dohoth naga
Oba apa Jeewaya oba apa pranaya - Bandarawela viduhal matha
Kandurali atharin thuruliya sipagena - Diwaena suwandathi mada pawane
Amuthuma sisilak genaei apahata - Obe pa yuga sewane
Bathi kusum puda.......//
Oba thurule hinda biwu sip kiri rasa - Apa leya ha musuwe
Hada pana ganwai theda bala nanwai - Hela wikuman mathuwee
Gunadam mini baranin apa sarasa - yahamaga me yayi nisi penwa
Oba dun owadan pana men rakimi - Divihimiyen samada
Bathi kusum puda.......//
Rata daya nagumata hela nama rakumata - Diri denu apahata mawni daya
Yamu yamu peratama jaya gosa nagamin - Samaya sathuta soya
Bathi kusum puda.......//
Uva Province
Uva is Sri Lanka's second least populated province, with 1,187,335 people, created in 1896. It consists of two districts: Badulla බදුල්ල பதுளை and Moneragala මොනරාගල மொனராகல. The provincial capital is Badulla. Uva is bordered by Eastern, Southern and Central provinces...
, Sri Lanka
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...
. It was founded in 1948 as a section of Royal College Colombo
Royal College Colombo
The Royal College of Colombo was founded in January 1835 in Colombo. It is considered to be the leading Public School in Sri Lanka...
. This is famous as "Light of Uva" and it is a National School
Education in Sri Lanka
Education in Sri Lanka has a long history which dates back two millennia and the Constitution of Sri Lanka provide for education as a fundamental right. The Sri Lanka's population has a literacy rate of 92%, higher than that expected for a third world country; it has the highest literacy rate in...
which controlled by the central government
Central government
A central government also known as a national government, union government and in federal states, the federal government, is the government at the level of the nation-state. The structure of central governments varies from institution to institution...
as opposed to the Provincial Council
Provincial council
Provincial councils are organisational bodies within the Gaelic Athletic Association, each made up of several GAA counties. The provincial council is responsible for the organisation of club and inter-county competitions such as the provincial championships, and the promotion of Gaelic games within...
and provides both primary
Primary education
A primary school is an institution in which children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as primary or elementary education. Primary school is the preferred term in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth Nations, and in most publications of the United Nations Educational,...
and Secondary education
Secondary education
Secondary education is the stage of education following primary education. Secondary education includes the final stage of compulsory education and in many countries it is entirely compulsory. The next stage of education is usually college or university...
. Bandarawela Central college has produced many of the undergraduates from Badulla District
Badulla District
Badulla is a district in Uva Province, Sri Lanka. The entire land area of the Badulla district is 2,861 km² and total population is 837,000. The district is bounded by the districts of Monaragala and Rathnapura on the East & South, by Ampara and Kandy districts on the North and by Nuwara...
for local universities annually.
History
The foundation for establishment of Bandarawela central college in this area was caused due to JapanJapan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese bomb attack to Colombo
Colombo
Colombo is the largest city of Sri Lanka. It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte, the capital of Sri Lanka. Colombo is often referred to as the capital of the country, since Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte is a satellite city of Colombo...
city during the period of World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. In 1942, 1-3 forms of the Royal College, Colombo were shifted to Glendale bungalow in Bandarawela , where BCC stands today. In 1944 the Royal College preparatory school
Royal Preparatory School
Royal Preparatory School was a preparatory school in Colombo, Ceylon . It was established in 1933 as a preparatory school to prepare students to the Royal College Colombo situated next to it...
also brought to the same place. This was in place until 1948 when they were moved back to Colombo.
After the departure of Royal College, the new school was established in the former premises. Though with humble beings with just one or two building in its early days the school grew with Glendale bungalow begin granted to the school by Mr. Hoak along with its land of 26 acres (105,218.4 m²). In 1954 the Prime minister
Prime minister
A prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. In many systems, the prime minister selects and may dismiss other members of the cabinet, and allocates posts to members within the government. In most systems, the prime...
Sir
Sir
Sir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in many English speaking cultures...
John Kotelawala
John Kotelawala
General Sir John Lionel Kotelawala, KBE, CH, KStJ, CLI was a Sri Lankan soldier and politician, most notable for serving as the 3rd Prime Minister of Ceylon from 1953 to 1956....
declared open the college main hall and two storied building, which caused to rapid development of the facilities in the college. In 1958 this was called as Bandarawela senior school and after 1972 Bandarawela Senior College became the Bandarwela Madya Maha Vidyalaya (Bandarawela Central College). In 1986 November BMMV became a National school and on that time this school was the one and only National school in Uva province. In 1974 BMMV ‘s primary section was separated and started as another school called Bandarawela Darmashoka vidyalaya. But in 1986 it was started again very close to the Bandarawela central college and now it is called as Dr. E.W Adikaram Primary school, Bandarawela.
Present Status of the School
Today the school educates close to 4000 primary and secondary students both in Sinhala and EnglishEnglish language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
mediums. The students can select the learning medium according to their preference. Presently the school is divided into two main sections for administrative purposes. They are called primary (grade 1-5) and secondary (grade 6-13) education sections. The school provides accommodations
Lodging
Lodging is a type of residential accommodation. People who travel and stay away from home for more than a day need lodging for sleep, rest, safety, shelter from cold temperatures or rain, storage of luggage and access to common household functions.Lodgings may be self catering in which case no...
for both boys and girls. Since many years, the school has maintained excellent academic records in ordinary
Ordinary
In those hierarchically organised churches of Western Christianity which have an ecclesiastical law system, an ordinary is an officer of the church who by reason of office has ordinary power to execute the church's laws...
and advance
Advance
Advance may refer to:*Advance, an offensive push in sports, games, thoughts, military combat, or sexual or romantic pursuits*Advance payment for goods or services...
level examinations and its students have archived the highest grades in the provincial as well as island wide rankings.
Today school provide different kinds of facilities to accomplish the tasks of the students. The school is equipped with large amount of facilities such as science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
laboratories, IT
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
unit, large play ground, library
Library
In a traditional sense, a library is a large collection of books, and can refer to the place in which the collection is housed. Today, the term can refer to any collection, including digital sources, resources, and services...
, auditoriums, aesthetics
Aesthetics
Aesthetics is a branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of beauty, art, and taste, and with the creation and appreciation of beauty. It is more scientifically defined as the study of sensory or sensori-emotional values, sometimes called judgments of sentiment and taste...
sections, etc. It also provides sport facilities to improve the students athletics and other sports skills.
Houses
The college gives significant opportunity for improving their student's sport skills to accomplish their aptitudes. The students of the BCC are divided in to four housesDormitory
A dormitory, often shortened to dorm, in the United States is a residence hall consisting of sleeping quarters or entire buildings primarily providing sleeping and residential quarters for large numbers of people, often boarding school, college or university students...
to improve their skills and attitudes.
Tissa
Tissa of Sri Lanka
Tissa was king of Upathissa Nuwara from 454 BC to 437 BC. He succeeded his older brother Abhaya.-See also:* List of monarchs of Sri Lanka* Mahavamsa* History of Sri Lanka* Place names in Sri Lanka-External links:* *...
Gamunu Vijaya Abhaya
Abhaya of Sri Lanka
Abhaya was king of Upathissa Nuwara from 474 BC to 454 BC, succeeding his father Panduvasdeva.-See also:* List of monarchs of Sri Lanka* Mahavamsa* History of Sri Lanka* Place names in Sri Lanka-External links:* *...
The names of the houses are derived from past king
King
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s of Sri Lanka. Annually the college organize inter-house athletic games to improve the athletics skills of the students as well as their team spirit
Spirit
The English word spirit has many differing meanings and connotations, most of them relating to a non-corporeal substance contrasted with the material body.The spirit of a living thing usually refers to or explains its consciousness.The notions of a person's "spirit" and "soul" often also overlap,...
. This provides great opportunity for the students to become good athletes in the future.
Sports
Sectional head of the sports of Bandarawela Central College is Mrs Kalyani Widyarathne. Mr. Nishantha Bandara (PrefectPrefect
Prefect is a magisterial title of varying definition....
of Games) and Mrs. Delsika Fernando act as Teachers in charge of sports. There are trainers and coaches
Coach (sport)
In sports, a coach is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople.-Staff:...
also available for the different games.
The sports events which are played in school:
- Cricket
- Badminton
- Wrestling
- Athletics
- Volleyball
- Netball
- Soccer
- Chess
- Gymnastic
- Karate
- CarromCarromCarrom is a family of tabletop games with gameplay that lies somewhere between billiards and table shuffleboard. Carrom is known by many names around the world, including carrum, couronne, carum, karam, karom, karum, fatta and finger billiards...
- Wushu
- Rugby football
- Swimming
Golden Battle of Uva
GoldenGolden
Golden means made of, or relating to gold.Golden can refer to:-Philosophy:*Golden mean , the felicitous middle between the extremes of excess and deficiency-Geography:Canada*Golden, British Columbia...
Battle
Battle
Generally, a battle is a conceptual component in the hierarchy of combat in warfare between two or more armed forces, or combatants. In a battle, each combatant will seek to defeat the others, with defeat determined by the conditions of a military campaign...
of Uva is annual cricket match
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
(Big match) plays against St. Joseph college Bandarawela. First match was played in 1996 at school play ground. But after wards it was shifted to Bandarawela Urban
Urban area
An urban area is characterized by higher population density and vast human features in comparison to areas surrounding it. Urban areas may be cities, towns or conurbations, but the term is not commonly extended to rural settlements such as villages and hamlets.Urban areas are created and further...
Council play ground and had been played until year 2003. Unfortunately this had been stopped since 2004 due to some authorities problems. In 2011 the match was reorganized by the school old boys association collaborate with St. Joseph college and held in Bandarawela municipal council ground after 7 years break. At the end Bandarawela Central College pull off the trophy very first time in the history of Golden Battle of Uva.
The Former Principles
! style="text-align: middle; background: #b22222;"|Name
! style="text-align: middle; background: #b22222;"|Period
|-----
| Mr.
| Amarasekar (Principal of Royal College)
| 1949
|-----
| Mr.
| H.R. Perera
| 1950
|-----
| Mr.
| Percy Bouy
| 1954
|----
| Mr.
| D.G.R. Abegunawardana
| 1960
|-----
| Mr.
| W.P.K.D. Silva
| 1961.01.01
|----
| Mr.
| M.B. Rathnayake
| --
|----
| Mr.
| C. Bibile (Acting Principal)
| 1965.06.04 – 1966.02.15
|----
| Mr.
| H.W. Fernando
| 1966.02.15 – 1967.01.01
|----
| Mr.
| K.V.W. De Silva
| 1967.01.01 – 1977.05.26
|----
| Mr.
| D.M.P Dissanayake
| 1977.06.06 – 1979.03.01
|----
| Mr.
| P. Samaranayake
| 1979.03.01 – 1981.12.31
|-----
| Mr.
| D.M.M.B. Dissanayake(Deputy)
| 1982.01.01 – 1982.03.01
|----
| Mr.
| M.P. Alwis
| 1982.03.01 – 1989.04.23
|-----
| Mr.
| Gunadasa Edirisinghe
| 1989.04.24 – 1993.08.01
|-----
| Mrs.
| Wijelatha Gunawardana(Acting Principal)
| 1993.08.01 – 1993.10.11
|----
| Mr.
| R.M. Jayasekara
| 1993.10.11 – 1995.05.03
|-----
| Mr.
| A.M. Vithana
| 1995.05.04 – 1997.11.23
|----
| Mrs.
| Wijelatha Gunawardana(Acting Principal)
| 1997.11.24 – 1998.03.25
|-----
| Mr.
| Jayantha Wikramanayake
| 1998.03.25 – 2002.12.09
|----
| Mr.
| H.K. Jayasekara
| 2002.12.09 – 2003.11.12
|-----
| Mr.
| K.M. Aberrathna Banda
| 2003.11.13 - 2009.04.03
|-----
| Mrs.
| Sunethra M. Vithana ( Acting Principal )
| 2009.04.04 - 2009.10.01
|-----
| Mr.
| M.M Vimalasekara
| 2009.10.02 - Present
School Anthem
Oba apa Jeewaya oba apa pranaya - Bandarawela viduhal matha
Kandurali atharin thuruliya sipagena - Diwaena suwandathi mada pawane
Amuthuma sisilak genaei apahata - Obe pa yuga sewane
Bathi kusum puda.......//
Oba thurule hinda biwu sip kiri rasa - Apa leya ha musuwe
Hada pana ganwai theda bala nanwai - Hela wikuman mathuwee
Gunadam mini baranin apa sarasa - yahamaga me yayi nisi penwa
Oba dun owadan pana men rakimi - Divihimiyen samada
Bathi kusum puda.......//
Rata daya nagumata hela nama rakumata - Diri denu apahata mawni daya
Yamu yamu peratama jaya gosa nagamin - Samaya sathuta soya
Bathi kusum puda.......//
Societies
- CadetCadetA cadet is a trainee to become an officer in the military, often a person who is a junior trainee. The term comes from the term "cadet" for younger sons of a noble family.- Military context :...
squadron - Interact club of Bandarawela Central College
- English learners club
- Sinhala Literary Association
- Art Society
- Science Society
- Commerce Society
- Society of Vidunada
- Drug Prevention Unit
- Seylan BankSeylan BankSeylan Bank PLC is a privately owned Commercial Bank in Sri Lanka, which was owned by the Ceylinco Consolidated. It has branches both in urban as well as rural areas of Sri Lanka. Seylan bank had 114 banking centres island wide with 3900 staff members in 2007....
branch - ScoutingScoutingScouting, also known as the Scout Movement, is a worldwide youth movement with the stated aim of supporting young people in their physical, mental and spiritual development, that they may play constructive roles in society....
- Cadet Band
Notable Old Boys and Girls
- Hon. W. J. M. LokubandaraW. J. M. LokubandaraWijesinghe Jayaweera Mudiyanselage Lokubandara , commonly known as W. J. M. Lokubandara, is the current Governor of Sabaragamuwa Province and former Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He is a lawyer by profession, and is also an author of several books and a song writer...
- Former Speaker of the Parliament of Sri LankaSpeaker of the Parliament of Sri LankaIn Sri Lanka the Speaker of the Parliament is the individual who chairs the country's legislative body, the Parliament of Sri Lanka. The Speaker fulfills a number of important functions in relation to the operation the House, which is based upon the British Westminster Parliamentary system.The...
and present Governor of Sabaragamuwa Province. - Hon. Vijitha Herath - Former Cultural MinisterMinister (government)A minister is a politician who holds significant public office in a national or regional government. Senior ministers are members of the cabinet....
and JVPJanatha Vimukthi PeramunaThe Janathā Vimukthi Peramuṇa is a Marxist-Leninist, Communist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was involved in two armed uprisings against the ruling governments in 1971 and 1987-89...
member of parliament. - Hon. Samaraweera Weerawanni - Former deputy EducationEducationEducation in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
minister and former chief minister Uva province - Saman Chandranath Jinadasa - Famous singer in Sri Lanka
- Nadeeka Guruge - Famous music composer in Sri Lankan music
- Anura Ranasinghe - Former test cricketerCricketerA cricketer is a person who plays the sport of cricket. Official and long-established cricket publications prefer the traditional word "cricketer" over the rarely used term "cricket player"....
in Sri Lanka - Dr.Rohana Pushpakumara - Member of parliament
- Dr Malin Premaratne - Associate Professor, Monash UniversityMonash UniversityMonash University is a public university based in Melbourne, Victoria. It was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. Monash is a member of Australia's Group of Eight and the ASAIHL....
Australia - Niluka Kadurugamuwa, Assistant Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Nalin Priyantha Sooriyage - Former MayorMayorIn many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
of Bandarawela Urban Council (more than 20 years). - Mahesh Fenando - Present Surveyor General, Survey Department, Srilanka.