D. S. Senanayake College

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D.S.Senanayake College
ඩී.ඇස් සේනානායක විදුහල
D.S. Senanayake College
තමාට පෙර රට
Country Before Self
Location
No.62, R G Senanayake Mawatha, Colombo 00700, ශ්‍රී ලංකාව
Sri Lanka
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Information
Type National
Established February 10, 1967 (1967-02-10)
Founder Mr.R. I. T. Alles
Principal Mr.R.M.M.Rathnayake
Staff 275
Grades 1 - 13
Gender Boys
Enrollment 7000
Colour(s) Black and Gold         
Song Sip Satha Sis Wetha
Publication Siyapatha
Website http://dsscoba.com

D.S.Senanayake College is a public national school in Sri Lanka, named after the first Prime Minister of Independent Sri Lanka, Rt.Hon. D.S. Senanayake. It was established on February 10, 1967 under the stewardship of R.I.T. Alles.[1][2] As a national school it is controlled by the central government, as opposed to a provincial council.

Overview

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R. I. T. Alles was the founding principal

D.S. Senanayake College, situated in Colombo 07 (Cinnamon Gardens), Sri Lanka. School has current enrollment of over 7000 students with an academic staff over 275. The school is listed among the National Schools, which come under the administration of the Ministry of Education, thus has direct funding from the ministry.

D.S Senanayake College provides education to students from Grade 1 to 13 in Sinhala, Tamil & English Mediums. It also provides education in Mathematics, Science, Commerce & Arts fields for the Advanced Level Examinations.

History

In 1965 the number of requests to admit children into the Royal College Primary had become excessive. Thus the Minister of Education I. M. R. A. Iriyagolla took the initiative to build a new school in Cinnamon Gardens on the lines of Royal College Colombo.[3] In 1967, the then Minister of Education I. M. R. A. Iriyagolla began the ground work for establishing the school. It was named after D.S. Senanayake, who was the first prime minister of Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) after gaining independence. R.I.T. Alles, an assistant principal at Royal College became the Head Master of the new school. The location in which the college stands today was at that time called the Kumbikale jungle.[4]

Houses

Students are placed in one of four houses according to their admission number.They compete each year to win the Inter-house Competitions.

  •      – Shura (ශූර)
  •      – Meththa (මෙත්ත)
  •      – Weera (වීර)
  •      – Shantha (ශාන්ත)

School anthem

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Old crown crest

Sinhala version of School anthem was composed by Navathna Attanayake and the lyrics are by Premakeerthi de Alwis. Tamil version of the school anthem was written by Sillayoor Selvarajah.[citation needed]

Coat of arms

The Coat of Arms is a shield which is partitioned into two parts. The upper section has the lion of the Sri Lankan flag and the lower section has an oil lamp. A wreath of paddy is partially encircling the shield and the motto Country Before Self is in a scroll. Some decades back, the crown of the Kandyan monarch which is depicted in the crest of Royal College Colombo, was depicted in the school's crest as well.

Sports

List of Clubs and Societies / Associations

Main Article: Clubs and Associations of D.S. Senanayake College.

School hostel

The Government of Sri Lanka offered a building previously occupied by the Crime Investigation Bureau in 2003. After renovating the building the school hostel was opened in January 2003.

Prefects

The Prefects body is composed of Student Volunteers, Student Guides and Senior Prefects. The Student Volunteers are selected from Grade 12 and they go onto become Students Guides in Grade 13. After completing the GCE (Advanced Level) examination they are promoted to the Senior Prefects' Guild.[verification needed]

Notable Alumni

Gallery

  • Ds war hero.jpg

    The War Hero Memorial near the Maara Tree

  • Ds terrorist attack memorial.jpg

    Memorial for the students who were killed by the LTTE in 2007

  • Ds buddhist.jpg

    "Vihara Mandiraya", Buddhist Shrine

  • Ds hindu.jpg

    "D.S Sri Siththy Vinayakar Temple--டி .எஸ் .ஸ்ரீ சித்தி விநாயகர் ஆலயம் -", Hindu Shrine

  • Ds catholic.jpg

    Catholic Shrine

  • Ds muslim.jpg

    Islamic Masjid

  • Ds primary.jpg

    Primary Section

  • The R.I.T. Alles Main Hall

  • Grade 10 plaque.jpg

    Plaque in the Grade 10 building (present)

  • Arunalu.jpg

    The Aesthetic Centre, Arunalu Hall

  • Ds canteen.jpg

    Senior Canteen

References

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  2. ↑ D.S.Senanayake College OBA - D.S.Senanayake College OBA
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External links

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