Azhar College

Azhar College is a Muslim school established in 1907 in Akurana in the Kandy District of Central Province, Sri Lanka. It is a government-funded[2] school based on national secondary education system of the Curriculum of Ministry of Education (Sri Lanka). The school is one of the leading Muslim educational institutions in Sri Lanka, with a student population of more than 3,000. Azhar College has classes starting from grade 1 to Advanced level classes in both English and Tamil medium. Azhar College celebrated its centenary in the year 2007 with grand festivities. Azhar is the only Muslim school in the country to play national level basketball and has clinched the national title.[3] The Azhar-Madeenian big match is played every year between Azhar College and Madeena Central College - Madawela and is the only big cricket big match played between two Muslim schools.[4]

Azhar College
Address
Kandy-Jaffna Highway

7th Milepost

Akurana

Kandy
,
20850

Sri Lanka
Coordinates7.3733°N 80.6197°E / 7.3733; 80.6197
Information
School typeGovernment Funding
MottoKnowledge is Bliss
Established17 May 1907
School districtKandy
PrincipalA L Anwer
Grades5 to 13
GenderCoed
Age6 to 19
Number of pupils3,000+
Education systemNational Secondary Education Curriculum of
Ministry of Education (Sri Lanka)
Medium of languageEnglish and Tamil[1]
LanguageTamil
Colour(s)Maroon, Gold and Blue             
Sports Cricket2, Basketball2
MascotThe Crescent
NicknameACAK
NewspaperAzhar News
Former pupilsOld Azharians

History

School chronology
17 May 1907 Establishment of the school at the sixth mile post in Akurana
17 May 2007 Centenary year celebration of the school

Old Azharians

The Old Azharians Union (OAU)

The College Old Boys Association (OBA) was officially transformed to the Old Azharians Union (OAU) on 14 April 2002.

The Junior Azharians Union (JAU)

The history of Junior Azharians Union (JAU) can be traced back to the beginning of millennium-year 2000, when a group of senior students of the college realised the need of a stronger gathering of students and as well as the past students in the development of the school and to make it one of the top schools in the country. The group had a vision in mind and was proactive in initiating trend for setting ideas through various projects and events.

gollark: I'm not against them, I'm against what they're doing.
gollark: If it's something there's any interest in, of course.
gollark: At best, as Wojbie said, you can make it annoying for people, but then one person will do it and share how.
gollark: You just *cannot* give people access to a thing in one way and expect them to not be able to access it in some other way. Basically every DRM scheme - which this really sounds like - has *failed, inevitably*.
gollark: As Grim Reaper said: if there is *any* important data there or something, *people will get it out* eventually.

References
  1. "Schools Having Bilingual Education Programme Province - Central" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
  2. "The annual school census" (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  3. The Sri Lanka Basketball Federation
  4. "The Battle of Double Maroons". The Nation (Newspaper). Retrieved 15 February 2013.
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