Sinhala Buddhist College, Matale ( Sinhala: මාතලේ සිංහල බෞද්ධ විද්‍යාලය), or (SBC), is a semi-government Buddhist school located in

Matale Matale ( Sinhala: මාතලේ, , , ) is a major city in Central Province, Sri Lanka. It is the administrative capital and largest urbanised city of Matale District. Matale is also the second largest urbanised and populated city in Central P ...

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. The school offers

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and

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, and is a private school in Matale, Sri Lanka.

History

The school was established in 2014 under the guidance of Galkulame Uparathana Thero, Senior Lecturer of Sinhala and Modern Language Studies Department of

Rajarata University of Sri Lanka Rajarata University of Sri Lanka (, , abbreviated RUSL) is a public university located in the historic city of Mihintale, near Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. The Rajarata University of Sri Lanka was established as the eleventh University in Sri Lank ...

. Before 2014, the school was registered as the Aloka Vidyalaya in 1957 by P.B. Ekanayake, which was later demolished in 1997. The initiative to restart a Buddhist school in Matale was taken by the founder of The Buddhist media network

Daranagama Kusaladhamma Thero Daranagama Kusaladhamma Thero (29 July 1963 – 3 March 2018) () was a Sri Lankan Sinhalese Buddhist monk who founded the first Sri Lankan Buddhist media network and the television channel, The Buddhist. He served as the chief incumbent of ...

and Olaganwatte Chandasiri Thero, Senior Lecturer of Sinhala and Modern Language Studies Department of Rajarata University. The school was a "Non-Government Aided" Semi-Government School with the registration number ASN 1830 under the Aided Schools Act No. 05 of 1951, which was later included in the category of Government-aided Semi-Government Schools from the year 2019.

Education

There are more than 1,500 students studying in the college. The school is supported to provide both primary and secondary education to the students to achieve the qualifications such as grade 5 scholarship exams, O/L and A/L. The English medium section of the school was started in 2021. Under GCE Advanced Level, students are enrolled to the Art and Commerce streams.

Past principals

Houses

*Ramya - *Suramya - *Subha -

References

External links

''Official page''
on

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