Methodist College is now the only school for girls owned and managed by the Methodist Church in Sri Lanka. The school was founded in 1866 by Miss Catherine Scott, a devout British missionary. In the early years the school served girls who resided in the village of Kollupitiya. The present students numbering over 2000 are from all parts of the country.
Methodist College is a microcosm of Sri Lankan society being multi-ethnic, multi-religious and multi-linguistic in composition. The College bears witness to the fact that there could be unity in diversity and that diversity has a richness of its own. The two National languages Sinhala and Tamil are used as media of instruction, while English is a compulsory link language for all. Students at Methodist College belong to families and backgrounds which represent all rungs of socio-economic ladder. |
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Methodist College, Colombo was founded by an English Methodist Missionary, Ms. Catherine Scott in 1886 at 250, Galle Road, Colombo 3, Sri Lanka. It is a private, Christian girls’ school and since 1981, it is ‘assisted’ by the Government in that 69 Registered teachers obtain their salary from the Department of Education, Ministry of Education.
It has currently on roll, approximately 2000 students from Grade 1 (Primary School) to Grade 14 (Advanced Level) and 110 full-time members of staff. For each grade there are 2 Sinhala medium classes, 1 English and 1 Tamil medium class from Grades 1 to 11. |
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It was a wonderful gift on the school birthday, on completion of 142 years of existence, to be the proud owners of a bus to transport students for the different extra-curricular activities. The 1990 A’level batch of Methodist College, ably lead by the Head Prefect of that year, Dilrukshi Nanayakkara (nee Perera) presented the bus to the school soon after the morning General Assembly. The committee and their supportive spouses were also present, as were a few members of the OGA and the MCES. A major proportion of the funds came from the benefit show of the comedy ‘Tom, Dick and Harry’ directed by Neidra Williams, her husband Jehan Bastians and their company ‘Silent Hands’ which was held in May at the Lionel Wendt. The Methodist College Education Society also gave a loan of one million rupees, and many old girls and OGA branches overseas contributed towards this. |
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