Sri Sumedha Maha Vidyalaya, Malimbada


Sri Sumedha Maha Vidyalaya is a government school in Matara, Sri Lanka. It was established in 1894.

History

The school was established in 1894 by the Methodist Church with eleven students and was known as Batathumbe Methodist College for several decades. The first principal of this school was B. De Silva and there were two teachers. The first student of this school was a principal of a school.
The school became a government school in 1912 and the name was changed into Malimbada Sri Sumedha Maha Vidyalaya'' as a proposal of Mr Samarawickrama, a former principal of this school.
Formerly, there were only primary and secondary classes, but the permission was granted to start Advanced Level classes on 10 January 1982. In 1990 R. K. Wijesekara took over as principal of the school.
Principals from 1948
PeriodName
1948.01.15 – 1958.05.01J. A. De Silva
1958.05.06 – 1958.12.31C. P. Somanayake
1959.01.01 – 1969.02.25R. P. A. Wickramasinghe
1969.02.26 – 1970.05.01H. T. Dharmasena
1970.05.01 – 1970.12.31H. L. Andrayas
1971.01.01 – 1971.08.12H. T. Dharmasena
1971.08.12 – 1972.04.30Martin Sudangama
1972.05.01 – 1979.07.08H. Samarawickrama
1979.07.08 – 1980.01.23S. M. D. Samaraweera
1984.03.12 – 1984.07.01P. Wickramarachchi
1984.07.01 – 1990.03.05Y. A. Gunawardhana
1990.03.05 – 1990.10.15K. A. S. Abekoon
1990.03.05 – 1990.10.15V. K. Gamage
1990.10.15 – 2001.05.23R. K. Wijesekara
2001.05.24 – 2002.11.21D. R. Somapala
2002.11.22 – 2015.05.22U. Amara Rajini
2015.05.23 – 2017.12.06M. A. Kumarasiri
2017.12.07 – presentW. M. Vageesha Perera

Houses

Students are divided into four houses. The house names are derived from the past kings of Sri Lanka.