St. Joseph's College, Trincomalee

St. Joseph's College
Address
Power House Road
Trincomalee, Trincomalee District, Eastern Province
Sri Lanka
Coordinates 8°34′24.30″N 81°13′44.20″E / 8.5734167°N 81.2289444°E / 8.5734167; 81.2289444Coordinates: 8°34′24.30″N 81°13′44.20″E / 8.5734167°N 81.2289444°E / 8.5734167; 81.2289444
Information
School type Public national 1AB
Founded 27 July 1867 (1867-07-27)
Founder Rev. Fr. Louis Mary Keating
School district Trincomalee Education Zone
Authority Ministry of Education
Website trincojoseph.sch.lk

St. Joseph's College (SJC) is a national school in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka.[1]

History

The school was founded on 27 July 1867 by Rev. Fr. Louis Mary Keating. On 1 April 1931 the Roman Catholic Diocese of Trincomalee-Batticaloa handed the school over to the Society of Jesus of the Province of Louisiana. Most private schools in Ceylon were taken over by the government in 1960 but SJC chose to remain as a private and non-fee levying school. The school struggled financially thereafter and ten years later the school was handed over to the government.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Province - Eastern" (PDF). Schools Having Bilingual Education Programme. Ministry of Education.


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