Vembadi Girls’ High School ( ta, வேம்படி மகளிர் உயர்தரப் பாடசாலை ''Vēmpaṭi Mahaḷir Uyartarap Pāṭacālai'') is a national school in

Jaffna Jaffna (, ) is the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. It is the administrative headquarters of the Jaffna District located on a peninsula of the same name. With a population of 88,138 in 2012, Jaffna is Sri Lanka's 12th most ...

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. Founded in 1834 by British Methodist missionaries, it is one of Sri Lanka's oldest schools.

History

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from Britain arrived in

Ceylon 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 ...

on 29 June 1814. Two of the missionaries, Rev. James Lynch and Rev. Thomas Squance, traveled to Jaffna leaving Galle on 14 July 1814 and arriving in Jaffna on 11 August 1814, to establish a mission. In 1817, the

Jaffna Wesleyan English School Jaffna Central College ( ta, யாழ்ப்பாணம் மத்திய கல்லூரி ''Yāḻppāṇam Mattiya Kallūri'', JCC) is a national school in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Founded in 1816 by British Methodist missionaries, it ...

was founded with Rev. Lynch as principal. Despite it being a boys school, there were a few girls enrolled as well. The school was renamed Jaffna Central School in 1834 by the then principal Rev. Dr.

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. In the same year a separate girls school was established. The girls school was renamed ''Vembadi Girls' High School'' in 1897. In 1944, Vembadi started providing free education. Most private schools in Ceylon, including Vembadi, were taken over by the government in 1960. In 1984 Vembadi became a national school.

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Vembadi Girls’ High School

Vembadi Old Girls' Association (UK)

Vembadi Old Girls' Association (Sydney Branch, Australia)

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