Gankanda College is a highly
venerated educational precinct with an unblemished record of producing great
academicians and professionals in the history of education in our country. The
year 2010 marked the important milestone in the history of Gankanda Central
College, Pelmadulla.
Through so many hardships the
school completed its 81st anniversary on March 3. When we flash back the history
of Gankanda College, there we find three brothers called, "Punchimahattaya
Gankanda", "Dingirimahattya Gankanda" and "Heenmahattaya Gankanda”, the famous
philanthropists who had started this school and it has been ceremonially opened
by Sir.D.B.Jayathilaka in 1929 with 40 students and 4 teachers. Under the
concept introduced by Dr.C.W.W.Kannagara, the school was also changed into the
status of a Central College on January 1, 1946 (This date has been established
by the successive administrative structures of the school as the school's
anniversary).
Keeping abreast with time the
college made a few changes and ultimately it became a High school and a National
school, due to the dedication, commitment and enthusiasm of the past principals.
The school has become a prestigious one and also it has produced a large number
of alumni, not only for our Island, but also for the whole world.
Under these circumstances the
school's uniqueness has been demonstrated throughout eight decades. In the face
of competitive exams, sports and from other co-curricular activities, the
college has emerged victorious among other schools.
On account of this a lot of
students from other schools in the Ratnapura district come to our college and
the majority of them are scholarship holders. With brimming happiness we can
say, that we have a unique Past Pupils' Association. Furthermore, I'm grateful
to all the beloved teachers of my school, who guide us to go through our school
career. This has helped us to gain a lot of victories.
Behind all this huge victories, there is a silent person who guides us to take
our school to this status. He is non other than our beloved Principal, Neel
DhammikaWatukarawatta. Firstly he cultivated positive attitudes in our minds.
Then he headed to renovate our school as the pride of the city of gems. The
major reason is, that he educated here from grade 6 to A\L in his alma mater.
Then he took a lot of steps tomake
Gankanda as the prominent college .
Also we use this opportunity to commemorate our pioneers, well wishers, their
excellencys’ the presidents and ministers who helped us to enrich our studies.
We're not stranded on the sea, or gone to seeds, we are steering our gigantic
ship through the 21 st century, towards a new era called, "Gankanda".
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1 .Mr.T.C.I Ekanayaka. |
2 .Mr.A.V. Gunapala. |
3 .Mr. Keerthi Dissanayake. |
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4 .Mr.K.H.B. De Silva. |
5 .Mr.P.Wattegama. |
6 .Mr. William Thambawita. |
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7 .Mr.N.S. Amarasinghe. |
8 .Mr.A.P.Wickramasingha. |
9 .Major C.V. De S.Senapathirathna. |
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10 .Mr.V.D.S Gunasekara. |
11 .Mr.S.Abayawikrama. |
12 .Mr.Stanly.P.Walisingha. |
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13/15/17 Mr.P.H .Premasiri. |
14 .K.W.V. Kotalawala. |
16 . Mr.S.A.Danapala. |
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18/21 .Mr.D.S.Mananperi. |
19 .Mr. H.K.U.K.Weerawardana. |
20 .Mr. N.P. Hubat. |
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22 .Mr. A.K.D Piyadasa. |
23 .Mr. H.W.N.K. Ekanayake. |
24 .Mr.W. Wimal Jayasekara. |
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25 .Mr. G.A.Jayasundara |
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