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පහත දැක්වෙන්නේ තවමත් ක්‍රියාත්මක වන '''[[ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ අධ්‍යාපනය|ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ පැරණිතම පාසල්]] ලැයිස්තුවකි'''.
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! scope=col|වත්මන් නම
! scope=col|පදනමේ නම
! scope=col|පදනමේ දිනය
! scope=col|ආරම්භකයින්
! scope=col|[[ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ පළාත්|පළාත]]
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! scope=col|අධ්‍යාපන<br />කලාපය
! scope=col|ස්ථානය
! scope=col|වත්මන්<br />වර්ගය
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| align=left|[[Richmond College, Galle]] ||align=left|The Galle High School || {{dts|1814-7-25|format=dmy}}{{Efn|Richmond College claims its foundation to be 1 May 1876 which is when the former 'The Galle School school by then known as Richmond Hill Boys' School was upgraded to a superior school and renamed The Galle High School.}} || align=left|Wesleyan Methodist Mission || [[Southern Province, Sri Lanka|Southern]] || [[Galle District|Galle]] || Galle || [[Galle]] || [[National school (Sri Lanka)|National]] ||<ref>The Forgotten History of Richmond College – a documentary Survey, Dias-Jayasinha, Ananda</ref><ref name=TI130112>{{cite news|last=Dias-Jayasinha|first=Ananda|title=Richmond College – the oldest school|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=43103|newspaper=[[The Island (Sri Lanka)]]|date=13 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Our History|url=http://www.richmondcollege.org/history.html|publisher=[[Richmond College, Galle]]}}</ref><ref>Hardy, Robert Spence – The Jubilee Memorials of the Wesleyan Mission, South Ceylon 1814–1864, p. 210</ref><ref>The Missionary Register for M DCCC XVI -1816; p.111</ref><ref>The Rev. Benjamin Clough's Journal, The School of African Studies (SOAS) archives, University of London</ref>
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| align=left|[[Methodist Central College]] || || {{dts|1814-7-29|format=dmy}}|| align="left" |Wesleyan Methodist Mission || [[Eastern Province, Sri Lanka|Eastern]] || [[Batticaloa District|Batticaloa]] || Batticaloa || [[Batticaloa]] || [[Education in Sri Lanka#Provincial Schools|Provincial]] ||<ref>{{cite news|title=Selected for 21st Century Award|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2002/04/13/new23.html|newspaper=[[Daily News (Sri Lanka)]]|date=13 April 2002|access-date=2 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040921070714/http://www.dailynews.lk/2002/04/13/new23.html|archive-date=21 September 2004|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Methodist Conference in Batticaloa|url=http://www.island.lk/2008/08/29/news13.html|newspaper=[[The Island (Sri Lanka)]]|date=29 August 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Casinader|first=Prince|title=Pioneers of education|url=http://sundaytimes.lk/970629/plus4.html|newspaper=[[Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)]]|date=29 June 1997}}</ref><ref name=siblings>{{cite web|title=Our siblings|url=http://richmondcollege.org/siblings.html|publisher=[[Richmond College, Galle]]}}</ref>
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| align=left|[[Newstead Girls College]] || Wesley Girl's High School|| {{dts|1816-07-31|format=dmy}} || align=left|Wesleyan Methodist Mission || [[Western Province, Sri Lanka|Western]] || [[Gampaha District|Gampaha]] || Negombo || [[Negombo]] || [[National school (Sri Lanka)|National]] ||<ref name=siblings /><ref>{{cite news|title=Newstead turns 196|url=https://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2012/08/05/new60.asp|newspaper=[[Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka)]]|date=5 August 2012|access-date=2 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924132504/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2012/08/05/new60.asp|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| align=left|[[Union College, Tellippalai]] || align=left|Common Free School || {{dts|1816-12-09|format=dmy}} || align=left|[[American Ceylon Mission]] || [[Northern Province, Sri Lanka|Northern]] || [[Jaffna District|Jaffna]] || Valikamam || [[Tellippalai]] || [[Education in Sri Lanka#Provincial Schools|Provincial]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Historical Context|url=http://slembassyusa.org/sri-lanka-us-relations/historical-context/|publisher=[[Embassy of Sri Lanka in Washington, D.C.]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Being the Memoirs of I.P.Thurairatnam|url=http://www.junioncollege.info/home/index.php/history/english.html|publisher=[[Union College, Tellippalai]]|access-date=2 September 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130218025229/http://www.junioncollege.info/home/index.php/history/english.html|archive-date=18 February 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| align=left|Weera Puran Appu Model School - Moratuwa
| align=left|Wesleyan Missionary School - Idama, then Suduwella Methodist College
|10 June 1817
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| align=left|[[Jaffna Central College]] || align=left|Jaffna Wesleyan English School || {{dts|1817|format=dmy}}{{Efn|Jaffna Central College claims its foundation to be 1 August 1816 which is when the missionaries purchased the land/property.}} || align=left|[[Wesleyan Methodist Mission, North Ceylon]] || [[Northern Province, Sri Lanka|Northern]] || [[Jaffna District|Jaffna]] || Jaffna || [[Jaffna]] || [[National school (Sri Lanka)|National]] ||<ref name=siblings /><ref>{{cite news|title=Graves of Peter Percival, R B Foote, discovered at Yercaud|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=29748|newspaper=[[TamilNet]]|date=8 July 2009}}</ref><ref name=SO290603>{{cite news|title=From T. D. S. A. Dissanayake's 'War or Peace...' – University entrance: standardisation suicidal|url=https://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2003/06/29/fea02.html|newspaper=[[Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka)]]|date=29 June 2003|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211234443/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2003/06/29/fea02.html|archive-date=11 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Govt to make Sri Lanka trilingual|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2012/02/07/news25.asp|newspaper=[[Daily News (Sri Lanka)]]|date=7 February 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210023740/http://www.dailynews.lk/2012/02/07/news25.asp|archive-date=10 February 2012}}</ref>
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| align=left|Christ Church Boys' School || align=left|Baddegama Seminary|| {{dts|1819|format=dmy}} || align=left|[[Church Mission Society]] of the Anglican Church || [[Southern Province, Sri Lanka|Southern]] || [[Galle District|Galle]] || Baddegama || [[Baddegama]] || National ||<ref>Missionary Register for M DCCC XXII Church Missionry Society 1822</ref><ref>Recollections of Ceylon, after a residence of nearly thirteen years - James Selkirk</ref>
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| align=left|[[Methodist Girls' College, Trincomalee]] || || {{dts|1819|format=dmy}} || align=left|Wesleyan Methodist Mission || [[Eastern Province, Sri Lanka|Eastern]] || [[Trincomalee District|Trincomalee]] || Trincomalee || [[Trincomalee]] || [[Education in Sri Lanka#Provincial Schools|Provincial]] ||<ref>{{cite news|title=Trinco Methodist College holds prize giving|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=8446|newspaper=[[TamilNet]]|date=28 February 2003}}</ref>
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| align=left|[[Vincent Girls' High School]] || || {{dts|1820|format=dmy}} || align=left|Wesleyan Methodist Mission || [[Eastern Province, Sri Lanka|Eastern]] || [[Batticaloa District|Batticaloa]] || Batticaloa || [[Batticaloa]] || [[National school (Sri Lanka)|National]] ||<ref name=siblings /><ref>{{cite news|title=Jaffna's GCE exam qualifying rate said among lowest in Sri Lanka|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?artid=9382&catid=13|newspaper=[[TamilNet]]|date=8 July 2003}}</ref>
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| align=left|[[Sri Jayawardenepura Maha Vidyalaya]] || align=left|Cotta Institute || {{dts|1822|format=dmy}} || align=left|[[Church Mission Society]] of the Anglican Church || [[Western Province, Sri Lanka|Western]] || [[Colombo District|Colombo]] || Sri Jayawardenepura || [[Sri Jayawardenapura]] || ||<ref name=CT181211>{{cite news|title=Sri Jayawardenapura MV and St. John's Jaffna revive historic match|url=http://www.ceylontoday.lk/news-detail.php?news_id=1019&news_category_id=3|newspaper=Ceylon Today|date=18 December 2011|access-date=11 November 2024|archive-date=24 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724161547/http://www.ceylontoday.lk/news-detail.php?news_id=1019&news_category_id=3|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Obeysekera|first=Srian|title=St. Thomas' and SJMV in search of victory|url=https://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2006/03/12/spo11.html|newspaper=[[Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka)]]|date=12 March 2006|access-date=2 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531143632/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2006/03/12/spo11.html|archive-date=31 May 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=History (Part 1 – 1822 to 1867)|url=http://www.sjmv.sch.lk/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=53%3Ahistory-part-1-1822-to-1867&catid=34%3Ahistory&Itemid=53&lang=en|publisher=[[Sri Jayawardenepura Maha Vidyalaya]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531162151/http://www.sjmv.sch.lk/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=53%3Ahistory-part-1-1822-to-1867&catid=34%3Ahistory&Itemid=53&lang=en|archive-date=31 May 2014}}</ref>
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| align=left|[[St. John's College, Jaffna]] || align=left|Nallur English Seminary || {{dts|1823-03|format=dmy}} || align=left|[[Church Mission Society]] of the Anglican Church || [[Northern Province, Sri Lanka|Northern]] || [[Jaffna District|Jaffna]] || Jaffna || [[Jaffna]] || [[Education in Sri Lanka#Private schools|Private]] ||<ref name=SO290603 /><ref name=CT181211 /><ref>{{cite news|title=Playing for peace|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2011/12/19/spo21.asp|newspaper=[[Daily News (Sri Lanka)]]|date=19 December 2011|access-date=2 September 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130218222356/http://www.dailynews.lk/2011/12/19/spo21.asp|archive-date=18 February 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Palakidnar|first=Ananth|title='Battle of the North' with a difference|url=https://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2009/03/15/spo25.asp|newspaper=[[Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka)]]|date=15 March 2009|access-date=2 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531143726/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2009/03/15/spo25.asp|archive-date=31 May 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>{{sfn|Martyn|1923|p=188}}
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| align=left|[[Methodist Girls' High School, Point Pedro]] || align=left|Wesleyan Mission Central School || {{dts|1823|format=dmy}} || align=left|[[Wesleyan Methodist Mission, North Ceylon]] || [[Northern Province, Sri Lanka|Northern]] || [[Jaffna District|Jaffna]] || Vadamarachchi || [[Point Pedro]] || [[Education in Sri Lanka#Provincial Schools|Provincial]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Achievements|url=http://www.methodistgirls.org/milestones.html|publisher=[[Methodist Girls' High School, Point Pedro]]|access-date=2 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406052651/http://methodistgirls.org/milestones.html|archive-date=6 April 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| align=left|[[Vigneshwara Maha Vidyalaya]] || || {{dts|1823|format=dmy}} || align=left|Wesleyan Methodist Mission || [[Eastern Province, Sri Lanka|Eastern]] || [[Trincomalee District|Trincomalee]] || Trincomalee || [[Trincomalee]] || ||<ref>{{cite news|title=Trinco Tamil School holds prize giving day|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=120896|newspaper=[[TamilNet]]|date=26 May 2004}}</ref>
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| align=left|[[Uduvil Girls' College]] || align=left|Missionary Seminary and Female Central School || {{dts|1824|format=dmy}} || align=left|[[American Ceylon Mission]] || [[Northern Province, Sri Lanka|Northern]] || [[Jaffna District|Jaffna]] || Valikamam || [[Uduvil]] || [[Education in Sri Lanka#Private schools|Private]] ||<ref name=SO290603 /><ref>{{cite news|title=Founder's day service|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2008/11/19/news50.asp|newspaper=[[Daily News (Sri Lanka)]]|date=19 November 2008|access-date=2 September 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130219041549/http://www.dailynews.lk/2008/11/19/news50.asp|archive-date=19 February 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{sfn|Martyn|1923|p=171}}
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| align=left|[[Vembadi Girls' High School]] || || {{dts|1834|format=dmy}} || align=left|[[Wesleyan Methodist Mission, North Ceylon]] || [[Northern Province, Sri Lanka|Northern]] || [[Jaffna District|Jaffna]] || Jaffna || [[Jaffna]] || [[National school (Sri Lanka)|National]] ||<ref name=siblings /><ref>{{cite web|title=Milestones|url=http://www.vembadi.sch.lk/web/?page_id=11|publisher=[[Vembadi Girls' High School]]}}</ref>
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| align=left|[[Royal College, Colombo]] || align=left|Hill Street Academy || {{dts|1835|format=dmy}} || || [[Western Province, Sri Lanka|Western]] || [[Colombo District|Colombo]] || Colombo || [[Colombo]] || [[National school (Sri Lanka)|National]] ||<ref name=SO290603 /><ref>{{cite news|last=Fernando|first=Shemal|title=Royal College salutes Royalist war heroes: A royal tribute from alma mater|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/07/01/fea03.asp|newspaper=[[Daily News (Sri Lanka)]]|date=1 July 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090704061523/http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/07/01/fea03.asp|archive-date=4 July 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=175 years of right ROYAL glory|url=https://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2010/07/18/fea25.asp|newspaper=[[Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka)]]|date=18 July 2010}}</ref>
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| align=left|Manipay Memorial English School || || {{dts|1836|format=dmy}} || align=left|[[American Ceylon Mission]] || [[Northern Province, Sri Lanka|Northern]] || [[Jaffna District|Jaffna]] || Valikamam || [[Manipay]] || [[Education in Sri Lanka#Provincial Schools|Provincial]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.mmes.sch.lk/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13&Itemid=14|publisher=Manipay Memorial English School|access-date=2 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924061342/http://www.mmes.sch.lk/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13&Itemid=14|archive-date=24 September 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| align=left|[[Hartley College]] || align=left|Wesleyan Mission Central School || {{dts|1838|format=dmy}}{{Efn|Other sources claim that Hartley College is a successor to the Point Pedro Native School founded in 1818.<ref>The First Report of the General Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society 1818; p.125</ref><ref>Wesleyan Missionary Magazine 1840 p.972</ref>}} || align=left|[[Wesleyan Methodist Mission, North Ceylon]] || [[Northern Province, Sri Lanka|Northern]] || [[Jaffna District|Jaffna]] || Vadamarachchi || [[Point Pedro]] || [[Education in Sri Lanka#Provincial Schools|Provincial]] (APS) ||<ref name=siblings /><ref>{{cite web|title=Hartley College Milestones|url=http://www.hartleycollege.org/hweb/milestones/|publisher=[[Hartley College]]}}</ref>
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| align=left|[[St. Thomas' College, Matara]] || || {{dts|1844-03-10|format=dmy}} || align=left|Christian Missionary Society of England || [[Southern Province, Sri Lanka|Southern]] || [[Matara District|Matara]] || Matara || [[Matara, Sri Lanka|Matara]] || [[National school (Sri Lanka)|National]] ||<ref>{{cite news|title=Matara St. Thomas' College celebrates 160th anniversary|url=http://www.island.lk/2004/03/10/news13.html|newspaper=[[The Island (Sri Lanka)]]|date=10 March 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=S. Thomas' College Matara is 160 |url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2004/03/10/fea09.html |newspaper=[[Daily News (Sri Lanka)]] |date=10 March 2004 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050218175422/http://www.dailynews.lk/2004/03/10/fea09.html |archive-date=18 February 2005 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=St. Thomas' College Matara is 160|url=http://www.stcmatara.sch.lk/htdoc/oba2.htm|publisher=[[St. Thomas' College, Matara]]|access-date=2 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224082854/http://www.stcmatara.sch.lk/htdoc/oba2.htm|archive-date=24 December 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| align=left|[[Holy Family Convent, Jaffna]] || || {{dts|1845|format=dmy}} || || [[Northern Province, Sri Lanka|Northern]] || [[Jaffna District|Jaffna]] || Jaffna || [[Jaffna]] || [[Education in Sri Lanka#Provincial Schools|Provincial]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Holy Family Convent|url=http://www.jaffnahfc.com/index.php|publisher=[[Holy Family Convent, Jaffna]]}}</ref>
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| align=left|[[St. Matthew's College, Colombo]]|| align="left" |St. Matthews College, Colombo 09/ Christian College Dematagoda || {{dts|1847|format=dmy}} || align=left|Church Mission Society of the Anglican Church || [[Western Province, Sri Lanka|Western]] || [[Colombo District|Colombo]] || Colombo || [[Colombo]] || [[Education in Sri Lanka#Government schools|Provincial]] ||<ref>{{cite web| url=https://stmatthewscollege.lk/about-st-matthews-college/#:~:text=The%2017th%20of%20July,saint%2C%20named%20%E2%80%9CMatthews%E2%80%9D| title=About St.Matthew's College - St. Matthew's College | date=8 November 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ceylonlanka.info/2016/05/st-matthews-college-colombo-09.html |title=St Matthew's College Colombo 09 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.schoolandcollegelistings.com/LK/Colombo/179848108864729/St.Matthew%27s.College|title=St.Matthew's.College, Matthew's college, Colombo (2022) }}</ref>
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| align=left|[[Buonavista College]]||Buonavista English School||{{dts|1848|format=dmy}} || ||[[Southern Province, Sri Lanka|Southern]]||[[Galle District|Galle]] || Galle ||Galle ||[[National school (Sri Lanka)|National]] || ||
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| align=left|Kopay Christian College || || {{dts|1850|format=dmy}} || || [[Northern Province, Sri Lanka|Northern]] || [[Jaffna District|Jaffna]] || Jaffna || [[Kopay]] || [[Education in Sri Lanka#Provincial Schools|Provincial]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.kcckopay.sch.lk/web/index.php|publisher=Kopay Christian College|access-date=2 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120724103632/http://www.kcckopay.sch.lk/web/index.php|archive-date=24 July 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| align=left|[[St. Patrick's College, Jaffna]] || align=left|Jaffna Catholic English School || {{dts|1850|format=dmy}} || align=left|Roman Catholic Church || [[Northern Province, Sri Lanka|Northern]] || [[Jaffna District|Jaffna]] || Jaffna || [[Jaffna]] || [[Education in Sri Lanka#Private schools|Private]] ||<ref>{{cite news|title=Jaffna St. Patrick's College celebrates 150 years of service to youth|url=http://www.island.lk/2000/07/14/islnews.html#Jaffna%20St.%20Patrick%E2%80%99s%20College%20celebrates%20150%20years%20of%20service%20to%20youth|newspaper=[[The Island (Sri Lanka)]]|date=14 July 2000}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=St Patrick's Jaffna Colombo alumni all set for centenary celebrations|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/120729/plus/st-patricks-jaffna-colombo-alumni-all-set-for-centenary-celebrations-7159.html|newspaper=[[Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)]]|date=29 July 2012}}</ref>{{sfn|Martyn|1923|p=198}}<ref>{{cite web|title=History|url=http://spcjaffna.com/?page_id=18|publisher=[[St. Patrick's College, Jaffna]]}}</ref>
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| align=left|[[S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia]] || align=left|College of St. Thomas the Apostle || {{dts|1851-02-03|format=dmy}} || align=left|[[Church of Ceylon]] || [[Western Province, Sri Lanka|Western]] || [[Colombo District|Colombo]] || || [[Mount Lavinia]] || [[Education in Sri Lanka#Private schools|Private]] ||<ref name=SO290603 /><ref>{{cite news|title=Magical pull of the Blue Black and Blue|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2012/03/27/fea02.asp|newspaper=[[Daily News (Sri Lanka)]]|date=27 March 2012|access-date=2 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330134831/http://www.dailynews.lk/2012/03/27/fea02.asp|archive-date=30 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=A prize for excellence|url=http://sundaytimes.lk/060730/plus/people.html|newspaper=[[Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)]]|date=30 July 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Dissanayaka|first=T. D. S. A.|title=Well done S. Thomas' Esto perpetua|url=http://www.island.lk/2001/02/25/featur03.html|newspaper=[[The Island (Sri Lanka)]]|date=25 February 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=So, Royal really lost 1885 match to S. Thomas'|url=https://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2004/02/01/spo08.html|newspaper=[[Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka)]]|date=1 February 2004|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605113817/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2004/02/01/spo08.html|archive-date=5 June 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=About College|url=http://www.stcmount.sch.lk/collprofile/aboutcoll.html|publisher=[[S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia]]|access-date=2 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111020219/http://www.stcmount.sch.lk/collprofile/aboutcoll.html|archive-date=11 November 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| align=left|[[Udupiddy American Mission College]] || || {{dts|1852|01|4|format=dmy}} || align=left|[[American Ceylon Mission]] || [[Northern Province, Sri Lanka|Northern]] || [[Jaffna District|Jaffna]] || Vadamarachchi || [[Udupiddy]] || [[Education in Sri Lanka#Provincial Schools|Provincial]] ||<ref>{{cite news|last=Neelakandan|first=Kandiah|title=150 years of Uduppidy A.M. College|url=http://www.island.lk/2002/10/13/featur12.html|newspaper=[[The Island (Sri Lanka)]]|date=13 October 2002|author-link=Kandiah Neelakandan|access-date=2 September 2012|archive-date=4 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204042859/http://www.island.lk/2002/10/13/featur12.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| align=left|[[St. Anthony's College, Kandy]] || || {{dts|1854|format=dmy}} || align=left|Roman Catholic Church || [[Central Province, Sri Lanka|Central]] || [[Kandy District|Kandy]] || Kandy || [[Kandy]] || [[Education in Sri Lanka#Private schools|Private]] ||<ref>{{cite news|last=Herath|first=Nihal|title=St. Anthony's College Kandy completes 150 years|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2004/03/12/fea06.html|newspaper=[[Daily News (Sri Lanka)]]|date=12 March 2004|access-date=2 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050214074709/http://www.dailynews.lk/2004/03/12/fea06.html|archive-date=14 February 2005|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=St. Anthony's: 70 years at Katugastota|url=http://sundaytimes.lk/980215/plus14.html|newspaper=[[Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)]]|date=15 February 1998}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Marikar|first=Hafiz|title=Piyal Wijetunge – Old Antonians Cricket Wing President|url=https://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2011/11/20/spo17.asp|newspaper=[[Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka)]]|date=20 November 2011|access-date=2 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130213195406/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2011/11/20/spo17.asp|archive-date=13 February 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=A History of 150 years|url=http://www.antonians.org/index.php/-college/8-college/5-a-history-of-150-years.html|publisher=[[St. Anthony's College, Kandy]]|access-date=2 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109153317/http://www.antonians.org/index.php/-college/8-college/5-a-history-of-150-years.html|archive-date=9 November 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| align=left|[[St. Sebastian's College, Moratuwa]] || || {{dts|1854|format=dmy}} || align=left|Roman Catholic Church || [[Western Province, Sri Lanka|Western]] || [[Colombo District|Colombo]] || || [[Moratuwa]] || [[Education in Sri Lanka#Private schools|Private]] ||<ref>{{cite news|last=Ratnayake|first=Sunalie|title=St. Sebastian's – from strength to strength|url=http://www.thesundayleader.lk/archive/20060813/review.htm|newspaper=[[The Sunday Leader]]|date=13 August 2006}}{{භින්න වූ සබැඳි|date=November 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=A new chapel for St. Sebastian's, Moratuwa|url=http://www.nation.lk/2010/02/07/eyefea7.htm|newspaper=[[The Nation (Sri Lanka)]]|date=7 February 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Sebastianite Awards of Excellence|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2007/08/09/news28.asp|newspaper=[[Daily News (Sri Lanka)]]|date=9 August 2007|access-date=2 September 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130219005607/http://www.dailynews.lk/2007/08/09/news28.asp|archive-date=19 February 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.sebsmoratuwa.sch.lk/history.html|publisher=[[St. Sebastian's College, Moratuwa]]}}</ref>
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| align=left|St. Xavier's College, Nuwara Eliya || || {{dts|1859|format=dmy}} || align=left|Roman Catholic Church || [[Central Province, Sri Lanka|Central]] || [[Nuwara Eliya District|Nuwara Eliya]] || || || ||<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2011/10/16/spo22.asp |title=Sri Lanka Sports News &#124; Sundayobserver.lk |access-date=11 December 2014 |archive-date=13 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213174224/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2011/10/16/spo22.asp |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=101493 |title=The Island |access-date=11 December 2014 |archive-date=13 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213142734/http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=101493 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=20498 |title=The Island |access-date=11 December 2014 |archive-date=13 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213141011/http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=20498 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| align=left|[[St. Mary's College, Trincomalee]] || || {{dts|1864|format=dmy}} || || [[Eastern Province, Sri Lanka|Eastern]] || [[Trincomalee District|Trincomalee]] || Trincomalee || [[Trincomalee]] || [[National school (Sri Lanka)|National]] ||<ref>{{cite news|title=St. Mary's College in Trinco holds awards day|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=9652|newspaper=[[TamilNet]]|date=16 August 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=St. Mary's College, Trincomalee|url=http://www.trincomarian.sch.lk/home.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130221004348/http://www.trincomarian.sch.lk/home.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 February 2013|publisher=[[St. Mary's College, Trincomalee]]}}</ref>
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| align=left|[[St. Benedict's College, Colombo]] || || {{dts|1865|format=dmy}} || align=left|Benedictine monks || [[Western Province, Sri Lanka|Western]] || [[Colombo District|Colombo]] || Colombo || [[Colombo]] || [[Education in Sri Lanka#Private schools|Private]] ||<ref name=SO290603 /><ref>{{cite news|title=St. Benedict's College celebrates its 146th anniversary|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=29894|newspaper=[[The Island (Sri Lanka)]]|date=10 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Young Bens showcase their talents|url=http://sundaytimes.lk/110911/Education/ed04.html|newspaper=[[Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)]]|date=11 September 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Leonard|first=Elmo|title=St. Benedict's College : Yearning for a playground...|url=https://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2005/11/27/fea27.html|newspaper=[[Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka)]]|date=27 November 2005|access-date=2 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724161129/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2005/11/27/fea27.html|archive-date=24 July 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Story of St. Benedict's By Bro. Anselm Calixtus|url=http://stbenedictscollege.org/viewpage.php?page_id=12|publisher=[[St. Benedict's College, Colombo]]}}</ref>
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| align=left|[[Methodist College, Colombo]] || align=left|Kollupitiya Girls' English School || {{dts|1866-11-07|format=dmy}} || align=left|Wesleyan Methodist Mission|| [[Western Province, Sri Lanka|Western]] || [[Colombo District|Colombo]] || Colombo || [[Colombo]] || [[Education in Sri Lanka#Private schools|Private]] ||<ref name=siblings /><ref>{{cite news|title=Methodist College prepares to celebrate 150th anniversary in 2016|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/120506/Education/ed07.html|newspaper=[[Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)]]|date=6 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=College History|url=http://www.methodistcollege.org/history/college-history/|publisher=[[Methodist College, Colombo]]}}</ref>
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| align="left" |[[St. Mary's College, Kegalle]] || || {{dts|01 03 1867|format=dmy}} || align="left" |Rev. Fr. Domenico Pingulani || [[සබරගමුව පළාත|සබරගමුව]] || [[Kegalle District|Kegalle]] || Kegalle || [[Kegalle]] || [[Education in Sri Lanka#National schools|National]] ||<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.smc-kegalle.lk/ |access-date=16-07-2024 |website=St. Mary's College |language=en-US}}</ref>
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|[[Uva College, Badulla]]
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|1867
| align=left|Diocesan mission of Ceylon
|[[Uva Province|Uva]]
|[[Badulla District|Badulla]]
|Badulla
|[[Badulla]]
|[[National school (Sri Lanka)|National]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-28 |title=Old Boys Association - Uva College - Badulla |url=https://uvacollegeoba.org/ |access-date=2023-12-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Uva College, Badulla |url=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16238526 |access-date=2023-12-18 |website=wikidata.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-04-08 |title=Uva College School history {{!}} පාසල් ඉතිහාසය |url=https://uvacollege.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html |access-date=2023-12-18 |website=Uva College Badulla {{!}} ඌව මහා විද්‍යාලය බදුල්ල {{!}} DIGITAL සටහන}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Uva College, Uva, Sri Lanka |url=https://lk.geoview.info/uva_college,2078653451n |access-date=2023-12-18 |website=lk.geoview.info}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Uva College aims to produce an all - round student population |url=https://www.sundaytimes.lk/120108/Education/ed20.html |access-date=2023-12-18 |website=sundaytimes.lk}}</ref>
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| align=left|[[St. Joseph's College, Trincomalee]] || || {{dts|1867-07-27|format=dmy}} || align=left|[[Oblates of Mary Immaculate]] || [[Eastern Province, Sri Lanka|Eastern]] || [[Trincomalee District|Trincomalee]] || Trincomalee || [[Trincomalee]] || [[National school (Sri Lanka)|National]] ||<ref>{{cite news|title=Trinco St. Joseph's celebrates 136th annual college day|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=8573|newspaper=[[TamilNet]]|date=19 March 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title="Learn from the past"- Anuradhapura Bishop|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=12981|newspaper=[[TamilNet]]|date=26 September 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Birth and Growth of St. Joseph's College|url=http://www.trincojoseph.sch.lk/st%20web/History.htm|publisher=[[St. Joseph's College, Trincomalee]]|access-date=2 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120707232612/http://trincojoseph.sch.lk/st%20web/History.htm|archive-date=7 July 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| align=left|[[All Saints College, Galle]] || || {{dts|1867|format=dmy}} || align=left|Anglicans || [[Southern Province, Sri Lanka|Southern]] || [[Galle District|Galle]] || || [[Galle]] || ||<ref>{{cite news|title=Minister opens new building|url=http://origin.island.lk/2000/06/18/news.html|newspaper=[[The Island (Sri Lanka)]]|date=18 June 2000}}</ref>
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| align=left|[[Jaffna College]] || || {{dts|1871|format=dmy}} || align="left"|[[American Ceylon Mission]] || [[Northern Province, Sri Lanka|Northern]] || [[Jaffna District|Jaffna]] || Valikamam || [[Vaddukoddai]] || [[Education in Sri Lanka#Private schools|Private]] || {{sfn|Martyn|1923|p=225}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Jaffna College, product of a liberal view of Christian evangelism|url=http://www.tamilcanadian.com/page.php?cat=52&id=2319|publisher=Tamil Canadian}}</ref>
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| align=left|[[St. Anne's College, Kurunegala]] || || {{dts|1867|format=dmy}} || align=left|Roman Catholic church || [[North Western Province, Sri Lanka|North Western]] || [[Kurunegala District|Kurunegala]] || Kurunegala || [[Kurunegala]] || ||
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| align=left|[[Good Shepherd Convent, Colombo]] || || {{dts|1869-05-01|format=dmy}} || align=left|Good Shepherd Order || [[Western Province, Sri Lanka|Western]] || [[Colombo District|Colombo]] || Colombo || [[Colombo]] || [[Education in Sri Lanka#Private schools|Private]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Good Shepherd Convent, Kotahena|url=http://www.goodshepherdconventkotahena.com/history.html|publisher=Infolink}}</ref>
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| align=left|Sri Dhammasara Piyaratana Maha Vidyalaya,Dodanduwa || align=left|Jinalabdhi Vishodaka || {{dts|1869|format=dmy}} || align=left|[[Sri Piyaratana Tissa Mahanayake Thero]] || [[Southern Province, Sri Lanka|Southern]] || [[Galle District|Galle]] || Ambalangoda || [[Dodanduwa]] || Provincial ||<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archives.dailynews.lk/2010/06/15/fea03.asp|title=First Buddhist school in Sri Lanka |newspaper=[[Daily News (Sri Lanka)|Daily News]]|first=Priyanka|last=Kurugala|date=15 June 2010|access-date=15 June 2010}}</ref>
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|align=left|[[Rippon College]] || align=left|Whitfield Road Girls' School || {{dts|1871|format=dmy}} || align=left|Wesleyan Methodist Mission || [[Southern Province, Sri Lanka|Southern]] || [[Galle District|Galle]] || Galle || [[Galle]] || [[National school (Sri Lanka)|National]] ||<ref name=TI130112 /><ref name=siblings />
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| align=left|St. Mary's College, Negombo || || {{dts|1871|format=dmy}} || align=left|Roman Catholic Church || [[Western Province, Sri Lanka|Western]] || [[Gampaha District|Gampaha]] || Negombo || [[Negombo]] || ||<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/961103/plusm.html|title=St. Mary's: a monument to Catholic education|newspaper=[[Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)|Sunday Times]]|first= Shermal|last=Fernando|date=3 November 1996|access-date=10 August 2016}}</ref>
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| align=left|[[Trinity College, Kandy]] || align=left|Kandy Collegiate School || {{dts|1872-01-17|format=dmy}} || align=left|[[Church Mission Society]] of the Anglican Church || [[Central Province, Sri Lanka|Central]] || [[Kandy District|Kandy]] || Kandy || [[Kandy]] || [[Education in Sri Lanka#Private schools|Private]] ||<ref>{{cite news|last=Dassanayake|first=M .B.|title=Trinity College, Kandy – 132 n.o.|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2004/02/20/fea04.html|newspaper=[[Daily News (Sri Lanka)]]|date=20 February 2004|access-date=2 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105014915/http://www.dailynews.lk/2004/02/20/fea04.html|archive-date=5 January 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Trinity College past teachers get together|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=52230|newspaper=[[The Island (Sri Lanka)]]|date=18 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Trinity Chapel to resound with the sounds of carols, today|url=http://sundaytimes.lk/091206/Magazine/sundaytimesmagazine_03.html|newspaper=[[Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)]]|date=6 December 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Trinity College Choir|url=http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2009/12/05/trinity-college-choir/|newspaper=[[The Sunday Leader]]|date=5 December 2009|access-date=11 November 2024|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054635/http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2009/12/05/trinity-college-choir/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=trinitycollege.lk|url=http://www.trinitycollege.lk/accounts%20hib.html|publisher=[[Trinity College, Kandy]]|access-date=2 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110314191253/http://www.trinitycollege.lk/accounts%20hib.html|archive-date=14 March 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| align=left|St. Anthony's College, Kayts || || {{dts|1872|format=dmy}} || || [[Northern Province, Sri Lanka|Northern]] || [[Jaffna District|Jaffna]] || Islands || [[Kayts]] || [[Education in Sri Lanka#Provincial Schools|Provincial]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=The History of St.Anthony's College, Kayts|url=http://www.kaytsantonys.sch.lk/index.php/history|publisher=St. Anthony's College, Kayts|access-date=2 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320085611/http://www.kaytsantonys.sch.lk/index.php/history|archive-date=20 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| align=left|[[St. Michael's College National School]] || align=left|St. Mary's English School || {{dts|1873|format=dmy}} || align=left|Roman Catholic Church || [[Eastern Province, Sri Lanka|Eastern]] || [[Batticaloa District|Batticaloa]] || Batticaloa || [[Batticaloa]] || [[National school (Sri Lanka)|National]] ||<ref>{{cite news|title=IOM upgrades facilities at St. Michael's College, Batticoloa|url=http://www.nation.lk/2007/12/02/events.htm|newspaper=[[The Nation (Sri Lanka)]]|date=2 December 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=IOM upgrades facilities at St. Michael's College, Batticaloa|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2007/11/03/news35.asp|newspaper=[[Daily News (Sri Lanka)]]|date=3 November 2007|access-date=2 September 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130218224007/http://www.dailynews.lk/2007/11/03/news35.asp|archive-date=18 February 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| align=left|[[St. Thomas' College, Matale]] || || {{dts|1873|format=dmy}} || || [[Central Province, Sri Lanka|Central]] || [[Matale District|Matale]] || Matale || [[Matale]] || [[National school (Sri Lanka)|National]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Thomian Facts|url=http://www.stthomasmatale.sch.lk/Thomians%20Facts.html|publisher=[[St. Thomas' College, Matale]]|access-date=2 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928012134/http://www.stthomasmatale.sch.lk/Thomians%20Facts.html|archive-date=28 September 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| align=left|[[Wesley College, Colombo]] || || {{dts|1874-03-02|format=dmy}} || align=left|Wesleyan Methodist Mission|| [[Western Province, Sri Lanka|Western]] || [[Colombo District|Colombo]] || Colombo || [[Colombo]] || [[Education in Sri Lanka#Private schools|Private]] ||<ref name=siblings /><ref name=SO290603 /><ref>{{cite news|title=Edmund Disanayake A legend at Wesley|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=18550|newspaper=[[The Island (Sri Lanka)]]|date=16 February 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Wesley 'Walk of Grit'|url=http://www.nation.lk/2010/07/25/sports6.htm|newspaper=[[The Nation (Sri Lanka)]]|date=25 July 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Wesley's request|url=http://sundaytimes.lk/981004/sportsm.html|newspaper=[[Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)]]|date=4 October 1998}}</ref>
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| align=left|[[Bishop's College, Colombo]] || || {{dts|1875-02|format=dmy}} || align=left|[[Church Mission Society]] of the Anglican Church || [[Western Province, Sri Lanka|Western]] || [[Colombo District|Colombo]] || Colombo || [[Colombo]] || [[Education in Sri Lanka#Private schools|Private]] ||<ref name=SO290603 /><ref>{{cite news|title=Founder's Day celebrations of Bishop's College today|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2006/01/23/fea05.htm|newspaper=[[Daily News (Sri Lanka)]]|date=23 January 2006|access-date=2 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060618074354/http://www.dailynews.lk/2006/01/23/fea05.htm|archive-date=18 June 2006|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.bishopscollege.lk/History.htm|publisher=[[Bishop's College, Colombo]]|access-date=2 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111207083202/http://www.bishopscollege.lk/History.htm|archive-date=7 December 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| align=left|Drieberg College || align=left|Drieberg English School || {{dts|1875|format=dmy}} || align=left|[[American Ceylon Mission]] || [[Northern Province, Sri Lanka|Northern]] || [[Jaffna District|Jaffna]] || Thenmarachchi || [[Chavakachcheri]] || [[Education in Sri Lanka#Provincial Schools|Provincial]] ||<ref>{{cite news|last=Balaratnam|first=A.S.|title=Let Drieberg's 'lamp of life' shine on|url=http://sundaytimes.lk/010107/plus8.html|newspaper=[[Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)]]|date=7 January 2001}}</ref>
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| align=left|Methodist Central College, Hakmana || || {{dts|1875|format=dmy}} || align=left|Wesleyan Methodist Mission|| [[Southern Province, Sri Lanka|Southern]] || [[Matara District|Matara]] || Mulatiyana || Hakmana || [[Education in Sri Lanka#Provincial Schools|Provincial]] ||<ref name=siblings />
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| align=left|[[Prince of Wales' College, Moratuwa]] || || {{dts|1876|9|14|format=dmy}} || || [[Western Province, Sri Lanka|Western]] || [[Colombo District|Colombo]] || Piliyandala || [[Moratuwa]] || [[National school (Sri Lanka)|National]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=History of the School|url=http://www.princeofwalescollege.org/history.html|publisher=[[Prince of Wales' College, Moratuwa]]}}</ref>
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| align=left|[[St. John's College, Panadura]] || || {{dts|1876|format=dmy}} || || [[Western Province, Sri Lanka|Western]] || [[Kalutara District|Kalutara]] || || [[Panadura]] || ||<ref>{{cite news|last=Amit|first=Naushad|title=St. John's is proud to have their own cricket grounds|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/110703/Education/ed020.html|newspaper=[[Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)]]|date=3 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=School Profile|url=http://www.sjnsp.sch.lk/index%201.html|publisher=[[St. John's College, Panadura]]|access-date=2 September 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130219000752/http://www.sjnsp.sch.lk/index%201.html|archive-date=19 February 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| align=left|[[Victoria College, Chulipuram]] || align=left|Chulipuram Hindu English School || {{dts|1876|format=dmy}} || || [[Northern Province, Sri Lanka|Northern]] || [[Jaffna District|Jaffna]] || Valikamam || Chulipuram || [[Education in Sri Lanka#Provincial Schools|Provincial]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Victoria College – Its History|url=http://www.victoriacoll.sch.lk/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1&Itemid=2|publisher=[[Victoria College, Chulipuram]]|access-date=2 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120809040113/http://www.victoriacoll.sch.lk/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1&Itemid=2|archive-date=9 August 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| align=left|Don Pedrick Maha Vidyalaya, [[Horana]]
| align=left|Horana Maha Vidyalaya
|1878
|
|[[Western Province, Sri Lanka|Western]]
|[[Kalutara District|Kalutara]]
|[[Horana]]
|[[Horana]]
|
|
|-
| align=left|[[Girls' High School, Kandy]] || || {{dts|1879|5|format=dmy}}{{Efn|Other sources claim that Girls' High School, Kandy was founded in 1871 but re-organized in 1879.<ref name="ReferenceA">Wesleyan Missionary Notices 1871; pp. 88-89</ref>}} || align=left|Wesleyan Methodist Mission || [[Central Province, Sri Lanka|Central]] || [[Kandy District|Kandy]] || Kandy || [[Kandy]] || [[National school (Sri Lanka)|National]] ||<ref name=siblings /><ref>{{cite news|title=British Missionaries – Great Women|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=47128|newspaper=[[The Island (Sri Lanka)]]|date=10 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Girls' High School Kandy passes 75 years|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2004/11/04/fea10.html|newspaper=[[Daily News (Sri Lanka)]]|date=4 November 2004|access-date=2 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050312024850/http://www.dailynews.lk/2004/11/04/fea10.html|archive-date=12 March 2005|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=History of Girls' High School, Kandy|url=http://www.kandyghs.sch.lk/history1.html|publisher=[[Girls' High School, Kandy]]}}</ref>
|-
|align=left|[[Hameed Al Husseinie College]]
|align=left|First Muslim Boys' School in Sri Lanka
|15 November 1884
| align=left|Sri Lanka Muslim Society
|[[Western Province, Sri Lanka|Western]]
|[[Colombo District|Colombo]]
|[[Colombo District|Colombo]]
|[[Colombo District|Colombo]]
|[[National school (Sri Lanka)|National]]
|
|-
|align=left|Kiriella Central College
|
|1885
|
|සබරගමුව
|Ratnapura
|Ratnapura
|Kiriella
|National
|
|-
| align=left|[[Southlands College, Galle]] || align=left|Girls' High School || {{dts|1885|format=dmy}}{{Efn|Other sources claim that Southlands College, Galle is a successor to the Wesleyan English Girls' School founded in 1842 and renamed Girls' High School, Galle.<ref>Wesleyan Methodist Missionary register 1842; p.411</ref><ref>Return to an address of House of Commons, 26 March 1852 p.265</ref>}} || align=left|Wesleyan Methodist Mission || [[Southern Province, Sri Lanka|Southern]] || [[Galle District|Galle]] || Galle || [[Galle]] || [[National school (Sri Lanka)|National]] ||<ref name=siblings /><ref>{{cite news|title=Taking women's education to a new dimension|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2010/05/05/fea03.asp|newspaper=[[Daily News (Sri Lanka)]]|date=5 May 2010|access-date=2 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110101091025/http://www.dailynews.lk/2010/05/05/fea03.asp|archive-date=1 January 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Threat to Galle's World Heritage Site|url=http://www.island.lk/2003/12/07/featur01.html|newspaper=[[The Island (Sri Lanka)]]|date=7 December 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.southlandscollege.lk/History/history.html|publisher=[[Southlands College, Galle]]|access-date=2 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130024305/http://www.southlandscollege.lk/History/history.html|archive-date=30 November 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| align=left|St. Andrew's National College
|
|1885
|
|North Western
|Puttalam
|Puttalam
|Puttalam
|National
|
|-
| align=left|[[Our Lady of Victories Convent Moratuwa]] || align=left|Our Lady of Victories Convent Moratuwa || {{dts|1886-03-09|format=dmy}} || align=left|Roman [[Catholic Church]] || [[Western Province, Sri Lanka|Western]] || [[Colombo District|Colombo]] || || [[Moratuwa]] || [[Education in Sri Lanka#Private schools|Private]]
|-
| align=left|[[Ananda College]] || align=left|English Buddhist School || {{dts|1886-11-01|format=dmy}} || align=left|[[Buddhist Theosophical Society]] || [[Western Province, Sri Lanka|Western]] || [[Colombo District|Colombo]] || Colombo || [[Colombo]] || [[National school (Sri Lanka)|National]] ||<ref>{{cite news|last=Wipulasena|first=Aanya|title=Ananda College to mark 125th anniversary with exhibition, cultural and musical shows|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/120325/Plus/plus_18.html|newspaper=[[Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)]]|date=25 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Ananda Abhiman exhibition|url=https://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2012/04/01/new55.asp|newspaper=[[Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka)]]|date=1 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Seneviratne|first=Sudharshan|title=Revering Ananda... Matha|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=41561|newspaper=[[The Island (Sri Lanka)]]|date=20 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Foundation of Ananda College|url=http://ananda.sch.lk/2012/index.php/history/foundation|publisher=[[Ananda College]]|access-date=2 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120711095345/http://ananda.sch.lk/2012/index.php/history/foundation|archive-date=11 July 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-

| align=left|[[Dharmaraja College]] || align=left|Kandy Buddhist High School || {{dts|1887-06-30|format=dmy}} || align=left|[[Buddhist Theosophical Society]] || [[Central Province, Sri Lanka|Central]] || [[Kandy District|Kandy]] || Kandy || [[Kandy]] || [[National school (Sri Lanka)|National]] ||<ref>{{cite news|last=Melpitiya|first=Ananda|title=Dharmaraja College: 125 years of service to the nation|url=https://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2012/06/24/mon10.asp|newspaper=[[Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka)]]|date=24 June 2012|access-date=2 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120630101252/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2012/06/24/mon10.asp|archive-date=30 June 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Jayetilleke|first=Rohan L.|title=Dharmaraja College archives: A Buddhist heritage for posterity|url=http://sundaytimes.lk/030420/plus/4.html|newspaper=[[Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)]]|date=20 April 2003}}</ref>
|-
| align=left| [[St. Paul’s Girls School, Milagiriya]] || align=left| Parish School attached to the St. Paul’s Church of Milagiriya || {{dts|1887-01-14|format=dmy}} || align=left| [[Anglican]] [[Church of Ceylon]] || [[Western Province, Sri Lanka|Central]] || [[Colombo District|Colombo]] || Colombo || [[Milagiriya]] || [[National school (Sri Lanka)|National]]
|-
| align=left|[[Jaffna Hindu College]] || align=left|The Native Town High School || {{dts|1887|format=dmy}} || || [[Northern Province, Sri Lanka|Northern]] || [[Jaffna District|Jaffna]] || Jaffna || [[Jaffna]] || [[National school (Sri Lanka)|National]] || {{sfn|Martyn|1923|p=239}}
|-
| align=left|[[Piliyandala Central College]] || align=left|Mampe Piyarathanasara Buddhist Mix School|| {{dts|1887|format=dmy}} || align=left|Rev. Mampe Saranapala Thero || [[Western Province, Sri Lanka|Western]] || [[Colombo District|Colombo]] || Piliyandala || [[Piliyandala]] || [[National school (Sri Lanka)|National]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.pilicentral.sch.lk/Home/index.php/home/2-new-cat/1-history|publisher=[[Piliyandala Central College]]}}</ref>
|-
| align=left|[[Karandana South Grama Niladhari Division|Karandana]] Sri Jinarathana National
College
| align=left|Karandana Boys School
|1888
|
|[[සබරගමුව පළාත|සබරගමුව]]
|[[Ratnapura District|Ratnapura]]
|[[Eheliyagoda]]
|[[Karandana South Grama Niladhari Division|Karandana]]
|[[National school (Sri Lanka)|National]]
|
|-
| align=left|Christ Church Girls' College || align=left|The Girls' Boarding School || {{dts|1888-06-01|format=dmy}} ||align=left|[[Church Mission Society]] of the Anglican Church || [[Southern Province, Sri Lanka|Southern]] || [[Galle District|Galle]] || Baddegama|| [[Baddegama]] || [[National school (Sri Lanka)|National]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.ccgc.sch.lk/history.html|access-date=20 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140621230416/http://ccgc.sch.lk/history.html|archive-date=21 June 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| align=left|[[Maliyadeva College]] || align=left|Kurunegala Buddhist Institution || {{dts|1888-09-30|format=dmy}} || align=left|[[Buddhist Theosophical Society]] || [[North Western Province, Sri Lanka|North Western]] || [[Kurunegala District|Kurunegala]] || Kurunegala ||[[Kurunegala]] ||[[National school (Sri Lanka)|National]]||<ref>{{cite news|title=Devans gather at annual dinner|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2011/08/16/fea31.asp|newspaper=[[Daily News (Sri Lanka)]]|date=16 August 2011|access-date=2 September 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130218215825/http://www.dailynews.lk/2011/08/16/fea31.asp|archive-date=18 February 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=VR, Officer and a Gentleman|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=30587|newspaper=[[The Island (Sri Lanka)]]|date=20 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.maliyadeva.edu.lk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=115&Itemid=598|publisher=[[Maliyadeva College]]}}</ref>
|-
| align=left|Nelukkulam Kalaimagal Maha Vidyalayam || || {{dts|1888|format=dmy}} || || [[Northern Province, Sri Lanka|Northern]] || [[Vavuniya District|Vavuniya]] || Vavuniya South || Nelukkulam || [[Education in Sri Lanka#Provincial Schools|Provincial]] ||
|-
| align=left|[[Walasmulla National School]] || || {{dts|1889|format=dmy}} || || [[Southern Province, Sri Lanka|Southern Province]] || [[Hambanthota District|Hambanthota]] || walasmulla || walasmulla || [[Education in Sri Lanka#national schools Schools|national]] ||
|-
| align=left|[[Ananda Sastralaya, Kotte]] || align=left|Kotte Bauddha (Buddhist) Mixed School || {{dts|1890|01|1|format=dmy}}{{Efn|Few sources claims its foundation to be 4 November 1890.}} || || [[Western Province, Sri Lanka|Western]] || [[Colombo District|Colombo]] || Sri Jayawardenapura || [[Kotte]] || [[National school (Sri Lanka)|National]] ||<ref>{{cite news|title=Ananda Sastralaya Kotte celebrates 115 years|url=https://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2005/01/02/fea28.html|newspaper=[[Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka)]]|date=2 January 2005|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928031544/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2005/01/02/fea28.html|archive-date=28 September 2007}}</ref>
|-
| align=left|[[Aluthgama Maha Vidyalaya]]|| align="left" |Aluthgama Boys English School || {{dts|1890|format=dmy}} ||align=left|Nathaniel Henry Lorenzo Brohier || [[Western Province, Sri Lanka|Western]] || [[Kalutara District|Kalutara]] ||Kalutara || [[Aluthgama]] || [[National school (Sri Lanka)|National]] ||
|-
| align=left|Holy Cross College, Kalutara || || {{dts|1890|format=dmy}} || || [[Western Province, Sri Lanka|Western]] || [[Kalutara District|Kalutara]] || Kalutara South || [[Kalutara]] || [[Private school (Sri Lanka)|Private]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.hcckalutara.org/HCC/?page_id=2084|publisher=Holy Cross College, Kalutara}}</ref>
|-
| align=left|[[Rambaikulam Girls' Maha Vidyalayam]] || || {{dts|1890|format=dmy}} || || [[Northern Province, Sri Lanka|Northern]] || [[Vavuniya District|Vavuniya]] || Vavuniya South || [[Vavuniya]] || [[National school (Sri Lanka)|National]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Rambaikulam Girls' Maha Vidyalayam|url=http://www.rgmv.sch.lk/|publisher=[[Rambaikulam Girls' Maha Vidyalayam]]}}</ref>
|-
| align=left|[[Hillwood College]], Kandy || || {{dts|1890|format=dmy}} || || [[Central Province, Sri Lanka|Central]] || [[Kandy District|Kandy]] || Kandy Central || [[Kandy]] || Private||<ref>{{cite web|title=Hillwood College Kandy|url=http://www.rgmv.sch.lk/|publisher=[[Hillwood College]]}}</ref>
|-
| align=left|[[Sri Rahula College, Kandy]]
| align=left|Kandy High School
|1890
| align=left|Buddhist Theosophical Society
|[[Central Province, Sri Lanka|Central]]
|[[Kandy District|Kandy]]
|Kandy
|Katugastota
|[[National school (Sri Lanka)|National]]
|
|-
| align=left|[[Kingswood College, Kandy]] || align=left|The Boys' High School || {{dts|1891-05-04|format=dmy}} || align=left|Wesleyan Methodist Mission || [[Central Province, Sri Lanka|Central]] || [[Kandy District|Kandy]] || Kandy || [[Kandy]] || [[National school (Sri Lanka)|National]] ||<ref name=siblings /><ref>{{cite news|title=First school to play rugger|url=http://sundaytimes.lk/070506/FunDay/heritage.html|newspaper=[[Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)]]|date=6 May 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Marikar|first=Hafiz|title=Kingswood has produced outstanding cricketers and rugby players|url=https://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2011/05/01/spo11.asp|newspaper=[[Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka)]]|date=1 May 2011|access-date=2 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724161000/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2011/05/01/spo11.asp|archive-date=24 July 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Warakaulle|first=H. M. Nissanka|title=Remembering L. E. Blaze' of Kingswood|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2003/09/30/fea06.html|newspaper=[[Daily News (Sri Lanka)]]|date=30 September 2003|access-date=2 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050221110605/http://www.dailynews.lk/2003/09/30/fea06.html|archive-date=21 February 2005|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=About|url=http://www.kingswood.lk/about-kingswood-college.php|publisher=[[Kingswood College, Kandy]]|access-date=2 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120805115747/http://www.kingswood.lk/about-kingswood-college.php|archive-date=5 August 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| align=left|[[Musaeus College]] || align=left|Musaeus Buddhist Girls' School || {{dts|1891|format=dmy}} || align=left|[[Buddhist Theosophical Society]] || [[Western Province, Sri Lanka|Western]] || [[Colombo District|Colombo]] || Colombo || [[Colombo]] || [[Education in Sri Lanka#Private schools|Private]] ||<ref>{{cite news|last=Dandeniya|first=S.|title=Musaeus College Celebrates 120 Years of Excellence!|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=39049|newspaper=[[The Island (Sri Lanka)]]|date=14 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Musaeus College celebrates 120 years of excellence!|url=http://sundaytimes.lk/111120/Education/ed23.html|newspaper=[[Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)]]|date=20 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Dharmadasa|first=K. N. O.|title=Historical details of Museaus College|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2012/07/11/fea34.asp|newspaper=[[Daily News (Sri Lanka)]]|date=11 July 2012|access-date=2 September 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130219034201/http://www.dailynews.lk/2012/07/11/fea34.asp|archive-date=19 February 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=About Our School|url=http://www.musaeus.lk/about-school/|publisher=[[Musaeus College]]}}</ref>
|-
|[[Dharmadutha College, Badulla|Dharmadutha College]]
|
|{{dts|1891-08-21|format=dmy}}
|[[Buddhist Theosophical Society]]
|[[Uva Province|Uva]]
|[[Badulla District|Badulla]]
|Badulla
|[[Badulla]]
|[[National school (Sri Lanka)|National]]
|https://dharmaduthacollege.lk/history<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dharmadutha college-Badulla {{!}} school |url=https://wikimapia.org/12800037/Dharmadutha-college-Badulla |access-date=2023-12-18 |website=wikimapia.org}}</ref>
|-
| align=left|[[Mahinda College]] || || {{dts|1892-03-01|format=dmy}} || align=left|[[Buddhist Theosophical Society]] || [[Southern Province, Sri Lanka|Southern]] || [[Galle District|Galle]] || Galle || [[Galle]] || [[National school (Sri Lanka)|National]] ||<ref>{{cite news|last=Epasinha|first=Premasara|title=D. D. Jayasinha – brilliant cricketer cum administrator and the GOM SL Cricket|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2005/06/06/spo03.htm|newspaper=[[Daily News (Sri Lanka)]]|date=6 June 2005|access-date=2 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080401002343/http://www.dailynews.lk/2005/06/06/spo03.htm|archive-date=1 April 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Warnakulasuriya|first=Kasturiarachchi|title=Revival of Buddhist education: A new boost given|url=http://archives.dailymirror.lk/2003/08/01/opinion/2.html|newspaper=[[Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)]]|date=1 August 2003|access-date=2 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724171908/http://archives.dailymirror.lk/2003/08/01/opinion/2.html|archive-date=24 July 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=de Silva|first=Eric J.|title=The Peradeniya Model and its demise|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=17828|newspaper=[[The Island (Sri Lanka)]]|date=7 February 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.mahindacollege.lk/Subs/History.htm|publisher=[[Mahinda College]]|access-date=2 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071219222930/http://www.mahindacollege.lk/Subs/History.htm|archive-date=19 December 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| align=left|[[Zahira College, Colombo]] || align=left|Al-Madrasathul Zahira || {{dts|1892-08-22|format=dmy}} || align=left|Colombo Muslim Educational Society || [[Western Province, Sri Lanka|Western]] || [[Colombo District|Colombo]] || Colombo || [[Colombo]] || [[Education in Sri Lanka#Private schools|Private]] ||<ref>{{cite news|title=Zahira goes from strength to strength|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/120701/education/zahira-goes-from-strength-to-strength-4712.html|newspaper=[[Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)]]|date=1 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Farook|first=Ruzaik|title=Quality education a must – minister|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2012/03/14/news40.asp|newspaper=[[Daily News (Sri Lanka)]]|date=14 March 2012|access-date=2 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317020737/http://www.dailynews.lk/2012/03/14/news40.asp|archive-date=17 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Zahira College gets new Swimming Pool|url=http://sports.dailymirror.lk/2012/07/14/zahira-college-gets-new-swimming-pool/|newspaper=[[Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)]]|date=14 July 2012|access-date=11 November 2024|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304141835/http://sports.dailymirror.lk/2012/07/14/zahira-college-gets-new-swimming-pool/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Zahira's first 100 years|url=http://www.zahiracollege.lk/about/about-zahira/college-history|publisher=[[Zahira College, Colombo]]}}</ref>
|-
| align=left|[[St. Aloysius' College, Galle]] || || {{dts|1895|format=dmy}} || align=left|Jesuits || [[Southern Province, Sri Lanka|Southern]] || [[Galle District|Galle]] || Galle || [[Galle]] || [[National school (Sri Lanka)|National]] ||<ref>{{cite news|title=Aloysian staff Day – 2002|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2002/07/01/new50.html|newspaper=[[Daily News (Sri Lanka)]]|date=1 July 2002|access-date=2 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050115193132/http://www.dailynews.lk/2002/07/01/new50.html|archive-date=15 January 2005|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|align=left|K/L Al-Hambra Maha Vidyalaya, Dharga Town
||
|1896
||
|[[Western Province, Sri Lanka|Western]]
|[[Kalutara District|Kalutara]]
|[[Kalutara District|Kalutara]]
|[[Kalutara District|Dharga Town]]
|[[Provincial school (Sri Lanka)|Provincial]]
|
|-
| align=left|[[Chundikuli Girls' College]] || || {{dts|1896-01-14|format=dmy}} || align=left|[[Church Mission Society]] of the Anglican Church || [[Northern Province, Sri Lanka|Northern]] || [[Jaffna District|Jaffna]] || Jaffna || [[Jaffna]] || [[Education in Sri Lanka#Private schools|Private]] ||<ref name=SO290603 /><ref>{{cite web|title=History of Chundikuli Girls' College 1896–2008|url=http://chundikuligirlscollege.com/About_us_files/History%20of%20Chundikuli%20Girls.pdf|publisher=[[Chundikuli Girls' College]]}}</ref>
|-
| align=left|[[ශාන්ත ජෝසප් විද්‍යාලය, කොළඹ]] || || {{dts|1896-03-02|format=dmy}} || align=left|French Roman Catholic missionaries || [[Western Province, Sri Lanka|Western]] || [[Colombo District|Colombo]] || Colombo || [[Colombo]] || [[Education in Sri Lanka#Private schools|Private]] ||<ref name=SO290603 />{{sfn|Martyn|1923|p=62}}<ref>{{cite news|last=Abeyratne|first=Ruwantissa|title=St. Joseph's College: What made it different|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2010/04/12/fea10.asp|newspaper=[[Daily News (Sri Lanka)]]|date=12 April 2010|access-date=2 September 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130218235113/http://www.dailynews.lk/2010/04/12/fea10.asp|archive-date=18 February 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Rowing facilities for St. Joseph's|url=http://sundaytimes.lk/000305/splus2.html|newspaper=[[Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)]]|date=5 March 2000}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Our History|url=http://www.stjosephscollege.edu.lk/history|publisher=[[St. Joseph's College, Colombo]]|access-date=2 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130227155417/http://www.stjosephscollege.edu.lk/history|archive-date=27 February 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| align=left|[[Sacred Heart Convent, Galle]] || || {{dts|1896|11|30|format=dmy}} || align=left|[[Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary]] || [[Southern Province, Sri Lanka|Southern]] || [[Galle District|Galle]] || Galle || [[Galle]] || ||<ref>{{Cite news|title=sSacred Heart Convent Galle has progressed beyond all dreams |url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/121125/education/sacred-heart-convent-galle-has-progressed-beyond-all-dreams-21311.html|newspaper=[[The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)]]|date=25 November 2012}}</ref>
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| align=left|[[St. Servatius' College]] || St. Servatius' School|| {{dts|1897-11-02|format=dmy}} || align=left|Roman Catholic Belgian Jesuit || [[Southern Province, Sri Lanka|Southern]] || [[Matara District|Matara]] || Matara || Kotuwegoda || [[National school (Sri Lanka)|National]] ||<ref>{{cite news|last=Mahaarachchi|first=Lenord|title=St. Servatius College Matara is 100 years old|url=http://sundaytimes.lk/970928/sportm.html|newspaper=[[Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)]]|date=28 September 1997}}</ref>
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| align=left|[[R. K. M. Sri Koneswara Hindu College]] || || {{dts|1897|format=dmy}} || || [[Eastern Province, Sri Lanka|Eastern]] || [[Trincomalee District|Trincomalee]] || Trincomalee || [[Trincomalee]] || [[National school (Sri Lanka)|National]] ||<ref>{{cite news|title=Koneswara Hindu College celebrates national school day|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=8277|newspaper=[[TamilNet]]|date=1 February 2003}}</ref>
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| align=left|[[St. Aloysius College, Ratnapura]] || align=left|Peter & Paul's Mixed School || {{dts|1898|format=dmy}} || align=left|Jesuits || [[සබරගමුව පළාත|සබරගමුව]] || [[Ratnapura District|Ratnapura]] || Ratnapura || [[Ratnapura]] || [[National school (Sri Lanka)|National]] ||<ref>{{cite news|title=About St' Aloysius National College,Ratnapura,Sri Lanka|url=https://www.slfind.lk/177571718953905|access-date=11 November 2024|archive-date=3 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003161505/https://www.slfind.lk/177571718953905|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|}
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== මේවත් බලන්න ==
* [[ලෝකයේ පැරණිතම පාසල් ලැයිස්තුව]]
* [[ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ පාසල් ලැයිස්තුව]]

== සටහන් ==
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== ‍යොමු කිරීම් ==
{{Reflist}}

== මූලාශ්‍ර ==
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* {{cite book|last=Martyn|first=John H.|title=Notes on Jaffna – Chronological, Historical, Biographical|year=1923|publisher=[[American Ceylon Mission]] Press|location=[[Tellippalai]]|isbn=81-206-1670-7|url=http://www.noolaham.org/wiki/index.php?title=Notes_on_Jaffna_-_Chronological%2C_Historical%2C_Biographical}}
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