Uduvil_Girls'_College
Uduvil Girls' College
Private school in Uduvil, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka
Uduvil Girls' College (Tamil: உடுவில் மகளிர் கல்லூரி Uduvil Makalir Kallūri, UGC) is a girls private school in Uduvil, Sri Lanka.[2][3] Founded in 1820 by American missionaries, it is one of Sri Lanka's oldest schools.[4][5]
| Uduvil Girls' College உடுவில் மகளிர் கல்லூரி | |
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The college in the late 19th century | |
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| Coordinates | 9°44′04.40″N 80°00′57.70″E |
| Information | |
| Type | Private |
| Motto | The Truth shall make You Free |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Christianity |
| Denomination | Protestant |
| Founded | 1824; 200 years ago (1824) |
| Founder | Harriet Winslow |
| School district | Valikaamam Education Zone |
| Authority | Jaffna Diocese of the Church of South India[1] |
| Principal | Miss Mathuramathy Kulendran |
| Grades | 1-13 |
| Number of students | ~1,500 |
| Language | Tamil, English |
| Houses | Agnew, Winslow, Howland, Bookwalter |
| Colour(s) | Blue, green, red, and yellow |
| Song | "Oh Uduvil! Dear Uduvil!" |
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In 1816 American missionaries founded the American Ceylon Mission in Jaffna. The ACM established missions in other parts of the Jaffna peninsula including one in Vaddukoddai. The ACM established numerous schools on the peninsula, the first school being the Common Free School (Union College) in Tellippalai. In 1820 the Uduvil Seminary was established in Uduvil. It was situated in an abandoned Franciscan mission built by the Portuguese. Harriet Winslow (1796–1823), a missionary turned it into an all-girls boarding school in 1824. It was called Missionary Seminary and Female Central School. It was Asia's first all-girls boarding school.[citation needed]
Uduvil has had eight principals at its helm. Eliza Agnew took over as principal after Harriet Winslow then followed by Susan Howland and Lulu Bookwalter, Uduvil's last American principal. Ariam Hudson Paramasamy was the first Sri Lankan principal, and was followed by Saraswathy Somasundaram in 1970 and Chelvi Selliah in 1982. She was followed by Cherry Mills.[6] In her period the school had a great time with competitions. Uduvil's current principal is Suneetha Patricia Jebaratnam.
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There are three specific units in the school namely, the Primary, Secondary and the Further Education Program. The secondary section prepares students for local examinations in the Tamil medium and English medium. The Further Education Program (FEP) aspires to strengthen students through skills development such as accounting, music, English and IT. The Eliza Agnew Business Processing Outsourcing Centre trains school leavers on online accounting and IT skills.
Uduvil Girls’ College celebrated its 190th anniversary in the year 2014.
- "Crisis At Uduvil Girls College, Jaffna – A Report". Colombo Telegraph. 11 September 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
- Schools Basic Data as at 01.10.2010. Northern Provincial Council. 2010. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03.
- "Province - Northern" (PDF). Schools Having Bilingual Education Programme. Ministry of Education. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-03.
- Jayawardena, K.; Zakaria, R. (2016). Feminism and Nationalism in the Third World. Feminist Classics. Verso UK. p. 210. ISBN 978-1-78478-430-0. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
- Development Assistance Programs of U.S. Non-profit Organizations in Bangladesh. TAICH country report. Technical Assistance Information Clearing House. 1974. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
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