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Badulla Saraswathy Central College (Saraswathy National School) is one of the well reputed Tamil schools in the Uva Province, which belongs to the 6 to 13 school type. The present principal S. Yoganathan is the backbone of this school to bring it on par with the other Tamil schools in the Province. He has set up so many special units in the school, such as the Audio-Video unit, CLC Unit, Disaster Management Unit (Red Cross), Bilingual Education Unit, Science Unit and the Cadet Corps, to build leadership skills among the children to fulfill their vision.
“Producing intellectual citizens to face future challenges by safeguarding racial, religious and cultural values, by guiding the students to abide by the National Educational Policy” is the vision of the school.
The “Saiva Paripalana Sangam” of Badulla strived for a long time to start a Tamil school in Badulla for Hindu students.
They succeeded on October 17, 1934, with 138 students at Devala Veediye, Badulla, under the name of Saraswathy Vidyalaya. Later, with the increase in the student population, the senior students of Saraswathy Vidyala were shifted to new premises in Gregory Road (now Mahiyangana Road). In 1964, both schools were reorganized and the school at Devala Veediya was named Saraswathy Kanishta Vidyalaya, while the school at Gregory Road was called Saraswathy Maha Vidyalaya. With further increase in the student population and development of the school, it was categorised 1 AB school in 1980. On October 20, 1993, it was recognised as a National School.
As it is a 6 to 13 school, at present, nearly 800 students receive quality education, both in the Tamil and English medium. The academic life of the school is healthy, with a dedicated staff of around 40 teachers. The records indicate that the standard of public exam results have been rising over the past years, with girls entering only up to the Advance level classes.
The new Advanced Level classes were started in 1964, and since then, many Saraswathy students have entered universities, from where they have excelled as Judges, scientists, doctors, engineers, accountants, attorneys-at-law, bankers and entrepreneurs.
The school is well equipped with facilities such as Science laboratories, IT unit, large playground, Library, Auditoriums, Aesthetics sections, etc. The school Library contains more than 5,000 valuable book for the students, including quality reference material.
The ICT unit of the school showed their talent by gaining 2nd place in the All Island IT Quiz Competition organised by the University of Colombo and were rewarded with five computers for the school.
The Cadet platoon is a source of pride to the school. They were the first Tamil school to receive Battalion training at the National Cadet Corps Training Centre in Rantembe.
Since 2008, the annual Big Match played against Badulla Central College is the only big match in Sri Lanka between a Sinhala and Tamil school.
John Daniel of Grade 10, brought recognition to the school, when he was selected to attend a three-week training programme based on leadership skills in America, which was a remarkable feat.
Sports is the other area where Saraswathy students shine. M. Dinesh won the championship at the Provincial Athletic meet and represented the Uva province at the All Island Athletic meet in 2010. Roy Bosney was a member of the Uva Province Volley Ball team and M. Inoshan was appointed captain of the Badulla District Under-15 Cricket team in 2010.
Religious activities play a major part in the school’s co-curricular activities. All the students are encouraged to participate in religious activities and examinations. As a result, C. Sanjeev was placed first in the All Island “Vivehananda” Examination in 2008.
Students of Saraswathy Central College are inculcated with the Tamil way of life, high discipline, unstinted dedication and excellent character. Distinguished personalities from this prestigious Tamil institution have held and are holding high positions of responsibility in Sri Lanka and overseas where they are domiciled.
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| Board of prefect, 2011 |
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