P. De S. Kularathna Maha Vidyalaya is an eminent educational institute in the Southern Province. Within the short span 26 years, it has gained many excellent achievements both in the academic and non academic fields. Located just a few Kilometers away from the Ambalangoda town, it is very easy to reach the school from all directions. The surrounding [...]

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Kularathna MV strides forward with confidence

By Sujitha Miranda
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P. De S. Kularathna Maha Vidyalaya is an eminent educational institute in the Southern Province. Within the short span 26 years, it has

Silver Jubilee Procession in Ambalangoda Town

gained many excellent achievements both in the academic and non academic fields.

Located just a few Kilometers away from the Ambalangoda town, it is very easy to reach the school from all directions. The surrounding of the school provides students the peace of mind to study even though the school is very close to a populated area.

The present principal G.W.Jagath Senarathne.

The founder Principal Dayawansha Ginige together with seven teachers initiated the school in 1986 to commemorate the former educationist and a great politician, P. De S. Kularathna. At first there were only 65 students with a few classes and limited facilities. Now the school has come a long way achieving many milestones, both locally and internationally. That has been one reason for the popularity of the present Kularathne Vidyalaya. Meanwhile the students have shown their talents by winning zonal and district level places in sports and academic events.

The major turning point in the history of Kularathne Vidyalaya  took place after May 10, 1994 after Maduwage Gunasena assumed duties as the principal. At that time classes were limited from Grade one to Grade nine, giving students limited facilities and limited chances to study. The steadfastness of the Principal, gained the institution G.C.E Ordinary Level and G.C.E Advance Level classes, giving the school Maha Vidyalaya status.

Having more than 3500 students and 110 teachers, P.De S. Kularathna M.V. has all the facilities such as modern class rooms, libraries,

Board of Prefects

science laboratories, auditoriums, sports equipment and musical instruments and has become a top grade school in the region, providing the students with the necessary background to reach the highest peak in the school education. The fast improvement has not slowed down; in fact it is still heading towards new goals through the guidance of the present principal G.W.Jagath Senarathne. As a result of this, he was elected as the Best Principal in the Ambalangoda Zone in 2011 and was awarded the “Prathiba Prabha Pranama” Presidential award. He is also been the vice president of the Sri Lanka School Cricket Association for the last six years.

The College Drama Troop

The Silver Jubilee of the College was grandly celebrated last year with some unique events. Among them, the procession in Ambalangoda town was the most colourful event with a tremendous cultural mixture. They organized few All Island inter-school competitions as well. The Parents Association and the OBA obtained for the school a basketball court, an auditorium and a herbal garden to mark the Silver Jubilee and was the grandest event celebrated in the history of the school.

During its 26 years, Kularathna MV has improved a great deal giving top results in public schools examinations and has produced a host of doctors, engineers, lawyer and accountants to the nation. Praneeth Roshan is the first student to be selected to the Engineering Faculty in 2005 and Ruchira Hasinth, E.Busthi Prabashwara followed him to the Law and Medical Faculties in 2008.

Since 2010 the students have been bringing fame to the college by achieving remarkable goals. As a result of this Kularathna MV was

3. Members of the staff

able to gain the second place in their O/L and A/L results among the 1034 provincial council schools in Southern Province.

P. De S. Kularathna MV is bursting with activities such as Cadetting, Scouting, First Aid, Debating, Drama, Music which will build men of character and integrity.

Sports are greatly encouraged at the school with a variety of sport being offered for students. Kularathnians have done well at all the sport events such as Athletics, Badminton, Cricket, Baseball, Basketball, Football, Hockey, Rugby Football, Swimming and Table Tennis and has brought All-Island success to the college. They have produced several national players to the nation. M.A. Rageena Maduwanthi (Table Tennis- Chinese tour, 2007), Migara Sandaruwan (Table Tennis – Chinese tour, 2007), K.P.Sameera Nadeeshan (Cricket- Malaysian tour 2008), Vajira Damayanthy (Swimming – Indian Tour, 2008), K.P.P.Dulanjali (Swimming- Chinese tour, 2009), Chirashana Lamahewa (International School Chess tournament- Rumania, 2012) are some of them.

The College Band

The cadets’ platoon is the best example for excellence. They are a pride to the school. They won 1th place in Assessment Camp in 2012 in the Province and represented the province for the “Herman Loos” championship at the National Cadet Corp Training Centre – Rantembe.

D.B.Chathura Madushan is the other international achiever who took 4th place among 23 countries in the Asia Pacific Water Rocket Competition, 2010 in Thailand organized by the Japanese space agency.

Apart from these the Aesthetic Sections has brought glory to Kularathna MV each year with National Level successes.With the mission of “provide excellent, perfect, talented people to the universe in the name of humanity- Sujitha Miranda




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