Chundikuli Girls' College

Chundikuli Girls’ College
Address
Main Street, Chundikuli Jaffna, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka
Coordinates	9°39′21.70″N 80°01′43.40″E / 9.656028°N 80.028722°E / 9.656028; 80.028722
Information
School type	Private 1AB
Denomination	Anglicanism
Founded	1896
Founder	Mary Carter
School district	Jaffna Education Zone
Authority	Church of Ceylon
School number	1001028
Principal	Dushy Thuseetharan
Vice Principal	R. Sahayaseelan
Teaching staff	74
Grades	1-13
Gender	Girls
Age range	5-18
Language	Tamil
Colour(s)	Red and Black
School roll	1,579
Website	chundikuligirlscollege.com

Chundikuli Girls' College (CGC) is a girls private school in Jaffna, Sri Lanka.^[1] It was founded in 1896 by British Anglican missionaries.^{[citation needed]}

History

Chundikuli Girls' College was founded on 14 January 1896 by Mary Carter of the Church Mission Society of the Anglican Church. The school had only 9 students but by the end of 1896 the number had grown to 30. In 1900 CGC became a grant-in-aid school. The Old Girls' Association was inaugurated in August 1915 by then principal Sophia Lucinda Page. Tamil was first taught as a subject in 1916. The following year the school was registered as a fully organised secondary school making it the first school of this type in the north of Ceylon.^{[citation needed]}

CGC relocated to its current location on 6 October 1936. In 1945 CGC started providing free education. In 1947 CGC was recognised as a Grade 1 school. Most private schools in Ceylon were taken over by the government in 1960 but CGC chose to remain as a private and non-fee levying school.^{[citation needed]}

Overview

CGC is situated on Main Street in Chundikuli, an south-eastern suburb of Jaffna. Since its founding the school has mainly catered to Sri Lankan Tamil girls. The school is divided into three: a primary school providing specialised education from grades 1 to 5; the middle school for students from grades 6 to 8; and the senior school for students from grades 9 to 12.^{[citation needed]}

Houses

The House system was first introduced in 1926. The houses were Tennys, Nightingale and Shakespeare. The following year they were renamed Carter, Good Child and Page after former principals of CGC.^{[citation needed]}

Prinipals

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• 2006- Dushy Thuseetharan
• 1996-2005 T. Rajaratnam
• 1983- L. P. Jeyaweerasingam
• 1961-83 G. E. S. Chelliah
• 1951-61 Sarah T. Mathai
• 1943-50 E. M. Thillayampalam
• 1932- Northway
• 1931-32 Maud Willis
• 1904-31 Sophia Lucinda Page
• 1896- Mary Carter

See also

• List of schools in Northern Province, Sri Lanka
• St. John's College, Jaffna

References

• "History of Chundikuli Girls’ College 1896 – 2008". Chundikuli Girls’ College. http://chundikuligirlscollege.com/Chundikuli_Girls_College/About_us_files/History%20of%20Chundikuli%20Girls.pdf. 

1. ^ Schools Basic Data as at 01.10.2010. Northern Provincial Council. 2010. http://notice.np.gov.lk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=85:npc-schools-basic-data-as-on-01102010. 

External links

• Chundikuli Girls’ College

Coordinates: 9°39′21.70″N 80°01′43.40″E / 9.656028°N 80.028722°E / 9.656028; 80.028722