Bandaranayake College Gampaha ( Sinhala: බණ්ඩාරනායක විද්‍යාලය ගම්පහ) is a leading Buddhist Boys' school in

Gampaha Gampaha (Sinhala: ගම්පහ ; Tamil: கம்பஹா ) is an urban city in Gampaha District, Western Province, Sri Lanka. It is situated to the north-east of the capital Colombo. It is the sixth largest urban area in Western Province, ...

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

, founded on 18 September 1918. The school has a student population exceeding 5,000 across 8 grades from grade 6 to advanced level classes, on a campus of . Boys are admitted at grade six, based on the results of an island-wide

Scholarship Examination The Scholarship Examination (also known as the Grade 5 exam) is a highly competitive Sri Lankan examination conducted by the Department of Examinations of the Ministry of Education. It is optional for students to undertake it during the final year ...

History

In 1918, this school was established as ''Henarathgoda Seewali Buddhist School'' at the place where

Yasodara Devi Balika Maha Vidyalaya Yasodara Devi Balika Maha Vidyalaya is a girls' school located in Gampaha district in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ( ...

is presently located. Charles Samarasooriya was the first principal of the school. In 1949, the school was established as the ''Henarathgoda Senior Secondary School'', and then it was established as the ''Henarathgoda Secondary English School'' at its present location. When the school was established at its current location, Jinadasa Munasinghe was the principal. In 1923, this school was promoted as a First Grade School. It had been a mixed school up to 1985. On 25 May 1993, the school was advanced to the National Level as, ''Bandaranayake Vidyalaya''.

Houses

The students are divided into four houses: These houses are named after some of the greatest ancient

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in the history of

. Students participate in an annual inter-house sport meet.

Media

Notable alumni

References

External links

Official Website
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