Mahajana College, Tellippalai

Mahajana College
மகாஜனாக் கல்லூரி
Mahajana College; மகாஜனாக் கல்லூரி
Location
	Tellippalai, Jaffna District, Northern Province; Sri Lanka
Coordinates	9°47′10.90″N 80°01′20.50″E
Information
School type	Public provincial 1AB
Motto	Know Thyself
Founded	October 1910
Founder	T. A. Thuraiyappapillai
School district	Valikamam Education Zone
Authority	Northern Provincial Council
School number	1013001
Teaching staff	65
Grades	1-13
Gender	Mixed
Age range	5-18
Language	Tamil, English
School roll	1,264
Website	mahajanacollege.net

Mahajana College (Tamil: மகாஜனாக் கல்லூரி Makājaṉāk Kallūri) is a provincial school in Tellippalai, Sri Lanka.[1][2]

History

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.

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Schools Basic Data as at 01.10.2010. Northern Provincial Council. 2010. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03.
"Province - Northern" (PDF). Schools Having Bilingual Education Programme. Ministry of Education. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-03.

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