Udupiddy American Mission College ( ta, உடுப்பிட்டி அமெரிக்கன் மிஷன் கல்லூரி ''Uṭuppiṭṭi Amerikkaṉ Micaṉ Kallūri'') is a
national school in
Udupiddy
Udupiddy is a small town in 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 ...
,
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 ...
. It was founded on 4 January 1852 by
American Ceylon Mission
The American Ceylon Mission (ACM) to Jaffna, Sri Lanka started with the arrival in 1813 of missionaries sponsored by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM). Although they had originally planned to work in Galle, the Briti ...
.
It was started in 1852. In 2021, it became a national school from a provincial school.
Principals
# Mr. S. K. Rasiah - 1932 to 1938
# Mr. K. T. John - 1939 to 1956
# Mr. S. S. Selvadurai - 1956 to 1971
# Mr. Robert Navaratnam - 1971 to
# Mr. K. Sithamparappillai
# Mr. V. T. Selvaratnam
# Mr. N. Anantharaj
# Mr. S. Thilaimpalan
# Mr. K. Nadarajah
# Mr. K. Tharmalingam
# Mr. S.Krishnakumar - 2012 to 2020
# Mr. Puvanenthirarajah - 2021 to 2022
# Mr. Selvavinayakam- 2022
Notable alumni
See also
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List of schools in Northern Province, Sri Lanka
References
American Ceylon Mission schools
Boys' schools in Sri Lanka
Provincial schools in Sri Lanka
Schools in Jaffna District
Buildings and structures in Udupiddy
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