My School - My Pride

The school is a place where the minds are molded and the destiny of a nation is shaped. It is the place to impart education in a systematic and ordered way to the upcoming generation. The mode and the manner and the system of education in a school is a decisive factor in the future of a nation.

It’s a moment of pride for me that I studied in Rahula College, a very well known prestigious boy's school in Southern province, Sri Lanka. Though it was originally a private Buddhist school, now it is run by the Government of Sri Lanka as a National School. Rahula College has two sections - the Primary section, which serves students from Grade 1 to Grade 5, and the Secondary section, which serves students from Grade 6 to Grade 13.

When talking about the history of my school in 1921, Frederick Gordon Pearce (principal of Mahinda College, Galle), D.T.W. Rajapaksha Ralahami and Sir R.S.S. Gunawardana established the "Buddhists Society". On 1 May 1923, the Buddhists Society opened a school named Parakramabhahu Vidyalaya, in a rented building on Main Street, Matara. Parakramabhahu Vidyalaya's motto was "May I be a true Buddhist". Hewabowalage Yasapala was the first student. Parakramabhahu Vidyalaya was shifted to the "Saram Mudali Walawwa" which was donated by C. A. Odiris de Silva, with the new name of "Rahula College".

The mission of my school is to be the pioneer college in the island that exalts the distinguished citizens with the aptitudes of achieving challenges globally. 

Extra curricular studies are also the vital part of education. Fortunately, our school tops in providing the excellent extracurricular activities. Here, various extra curricular activities are routinely held. The activities like, quiz competition, speech and debates, writing competition, sports events, national celebration events, dramas etc. are often held.

It was a privilege to study in such a brilliant school and I wish every single school be a great school like that of ours.

Thank you very much.....

Blog by :- Hasindu Withanage

(Mu/21/015) 

(Undergraduate at University of the visual and Performing Arts) 

(Faculty of Music)