Ananda Sastralaya National School is a mixed public school in

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History

The school was established on 22 February 1942 by Dayasena Pasqual, the founder of

Ananda Sastralaya. He later became a parliamentarian and also a deputy minister. This school was established due to the prevailing war situation in

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City during

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. At that time schools were closed in Colombo.

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Ananda Sastralaya was also closed due to the war situation and it was converted into an army camp. Eleven students from

attended

Ananda Sastralaya. Most of them were from Pasqual families. They had to come back as their school was closed. Daya T. Pasqual was among them. At that time he was a teacher. He decided to start a branch of

Ananda Sastralaya in

. His uncle Brampi Pasqual, Munasinghe, Wijegunawardanea and Dr E. W. Adikaram, principal of

Ananda Sastralaya, helped him to start this school. On the evening of 22 February 1942 Hon. Minister of Education C.W.W. Kannangara was the chief guest of the opening ceremony at Sri Sudarshanaramaya temple

. Dr E.W.Adikaram also attended the ceremony. In the beginning, there were eleven students and three teachers in the school. Pasqual was also among them. School manager was Brumpy Pasqual.

Houses

All the students of Ananda Sastralaya are divided into four houses. Those are: *Anura Colour - Purple *Vijitha Colour - Blue *Tissa Colour - Green *Rohana Colour - Yellow

Notable alumni

Below is a list of notable alumni of Ananda Sastralaya, Matugama

References

External links

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