Mahajana College | |
Native Name: | மகாஜனாக் கல்லூரி தேசிய பாடசாலை |
Motto: | Know Thyself |
City: | Tellippalai, Jaffna District |
Province: | Northern Province |
Country: | Sri Lanka |
Schooltype: | 1AB |
Type: | Public provincial |
Founded: | October 1910 |
Founder: | T. A. Thuraiyappapillai |
District: | Valikamam Education Zone |
Authority: | Northern Provincial Council |
Schoolnumber: | 1013001 |
Principal Label: | Principal |
Teaching Staff: | 65 |
Grades: | 1-13 |
Gender: | Mixed |
Age Range: | 5-18 |
Language: | Tamil, English |
Roll: | 1,978 |
Website: | mahajanacollege.net |
Mahajana College (Tamil: [[:ta:தெல்லிப்பழை மகாஜனக் கல்லூரி|மகாஜனாக் கல்லூரி]] Makājaṉāk Kallūri) is a provincial school in Tellippalai, Sri Lanka.[1] [2]
The school was founded in October 1910 by scholar and poet T. A. Thuraiyappapillai.
Mahajana English High School is founded by Pavalar T. A. Thuraiappahpillai in 1910.
1949 - Raised to Grade I school
1961 - College is raised to Super Grade status.
1962 - The college is vested in the Crown as from 1 February and becomes a Government Institution for all intents and purposes.
1976 - Mr. P. Kanagasabapathy becomes the Principanl
1976 Oct - Former Principal Mr. T.T. Jeyaratnam passes away.
1990 - Mahajana temporarily moves to Alaveddy Arunothaya College.
and later moves to Pandatharippu Girls College next year.
On September 15, 1999, Mahajana College moved back to the original location at Ambanai.