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St.John's College Nugegoda, started in 1915, is the only boys' school in Nugegoda city, Sri Lanka. It contains two primary sections and upper school. Nugegoda had no English School 'till the year 1915. St. John's School was started with 14 pupils on May 5, 1915. In 1934, the mixed school of St. John's was separated and a Boys' and a Girls' school was established, henceforth to be known as the College of St. John, Nugeogda. ==History== The beginnings of St. John's are shrouded by the mists of the distant past. Way back in 1915, an English School was in fact begun in Nugegoda with 15 students. Five pioneering men led by the Vicar of the Church of St.John the Very Reverend John Henry Wickramanayake had secured a piece of land from the Bishop of Colombo and collected money to set up the School. Rev. Wickramanayke has could thus be called the founding father of St.John's. The other frontiersmen in this endeavour of singular merit were Mudaliyar Abeyratne Proctor Salgado C. E. Ekanayake T. D. S. A. Dissanayake, H. W. Peiris and R. S. Goonetilleke all Wardens of the Church referred to. It is a part of history of the School that a few of the first students achieved distinction in public life in later years. One of them, Dr. Ossie Abeyratne became the first Dean of the Faculty of Medicine University of Colombo and another the Inspector General Police. (At a much later time St. John's produced yet another IGP). We are grateful for the splendid start given by these first students. But as far as the products of St. John's go this is only the tip of the iceberg, considering the stunning and prolific array of gifted men that St. John's produced regularly over the rest of her 99-year history. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「St. John's College, Nugegoda」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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