__NOTOC__ The following is a list of the oldest schools in Sri Lanka that are still functioning.

+Current nameFoundation nameFoundationdate FoundersProvince District Educationzone Location CurrenttypeReferences Methodist Central College Wesleyan Methodist Mission Eastern Batticaloa Batticaloa Batticaloa Provincial Newstead Girls College Wesley Girl's High School Wesleyan Methodist Mission Western Gampaha Negombo Negombo National Union College, Tellippalai Common Free School American Ceylon Mission Northern Jaffna Valikamam Tellippalai Provincial Jaffna Central College Jaffna Wesleyan English School Wesleyan Methodist Mission, North Ceylon Northern Jaffna Jaffna Jaffna National Christ Church Boys' School Baddegama Seminary Church Mission Society of the Anglican Church Southern Galle Baddegama Baddegama National Missionary Register for M DCCC XXII Church Missionry Society 1822Recollections of Ceylon, after a residence of nearly thirteen years - James Selkirk Methodist Girls' College, Trincomalee Wesleyan Methodist Mission Eastern Trincomalee Trincomalee Trincomalee Provincial Vincent Girls' High School Wesleyan Methodist Mission Eastern Batticaloa Batticaloa Batticaloa National Sri Jayawardenepura Maha Vidyalaya Cotta Institute Church Mission Society of the Anglican Church Western Colombo Sri Jayawardenepura Sri Jayawardenapura St. John's College, Jaffna Nallur English Seminary Church Mission Society of the Anglican Church Northern Jaffna Jaffna Jaffna Private Methodist Girls' High School, Point Pedro Wesleyan Mission Central School Wesleyan Methodist Mission, North Ceylon Northern Jaffna Vadamarachchi Point Pedro Provincial Vigneshwara Maha Vidyalaya Wesleyan Methodist Mission Eastern Trincomalee Trincomalee Trincomalee Uduvil Girls' College Missionary Seminary and Female Central School American Ceylon Mission Northern Jaffna Valikamam Uduvil Private Vembadi Girls' High School Wesleyan Methodist Mission, North Ceylon Northern Jaffna Jaffna Jaffna National Royal College, Colombo Hill Street Academy Western Colombo Colombo Colombo National Manipay Memorial English School American Ceylon Mission Northern Jaffna Valikamam Manipay Provincial Hartley College Wesleyan Mission Central School Wesleyan Methodist Mission, North Ceylon Northern Jaffna Vadamarachchi Point Pedro Provincial St. Thomas' College, Matara Christian Missionary Society of England Southern Matara Matara Matara National Holy Family Convent, Jaffna Northern Jaffna Jaffna Jaffna Provincial St. Matthew's College, Colombo Church Mission Society of the Anglican Church Western Colombo Colombo Colombo Provincial Kopay Christian College Northern Jaffna Jaffna Kopay Provincial St. Patrick's College, Jaffna Jaffna Catholic English School Roman Catholic Church Northern Jaffna Jaffna Jaffna Private S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia College of St. Thomas the Apostle Church of Ceylon Western Colombo Mount Lavinia Private Udupiddy American Mission College American Ceylon Mission Northern Jaffna Vadamarachchi Udupiddy Provincial St. Anthony's College, Kandy Roman Catholic Church Central Kandy Kandy Kandy Private St. Sebastian's College, Moratuwa Roman Catholic Church Western Colombo Moratuwa Private St. Xavier's College, Nuwara Eliya Roman Catholic Church Central Nuwara Eliya St. Mary's College, Trincomalee Eastern Trincomalee Trincomalee Trincomalee National St. Benedict's College, Colombo Benedictine monks Western Colombo Colombo Colombo Private Methodist College, Colombo Kollupitiya Girls' English School Wesleyan Methodist Mission Western Colombo Colombo Colombo Private St. Mary's College, Kegalle Rev. Fr. Domenico Pingulani Sabaragamuwa Kegalle Kegalle Kegalle National Uva College, Badulla1867 Diocesan mission of CeylonUvaBadullaBadullaBadullaNational St. Joseph's College, Trincomalee Oblates of Mary Immaculate Eastern Trincomalee Trincomalee Trincomalee National All Saints College, Galle Anglicans Southern Galle Galle Jaffna College American Ceylon Mission Northern Jaffna Valikamam Vaddukoddai Private Good Shepherd Convent, Colombo Good Shepherd Order Western Colombo Colombo Colombo Private Sri Dhammasara Piyaratana Maha Vidyalaya Jinalabdhi Vishodaka Sri Piyaratana Tissa Mahanayake Thero Southern Galle Ambalangoda Dodanduwa Provincial Rippon College Whitfield Road Girls' School Wesleyan Methodist Mission Southern Galle Galle Galle National St. Mary's College, Negombo Roman Catholic Church Western Gampaha Negombo Negombo Trinity College, Kandy Kandy Collegiate School Church Mission Society of the Anglican Church Central Kandy Kandy Kandy Private St. Anthony's College, Kayts Northern Jaffna Islands Kayts Provincial St. Michael's College National School St. Mary's English School Roman Catholic Church Eastern Batticaloa Batticaloa Batticaloa National St. Thomas' College, Matale Central Matale Matale Matale National Wesley College, Colombo Wesleyan Methodist Mission Western Colombo Colombo Colombo Private Bishop's College, Colombo Church Mission Society of the Anglican Church Western Colombo Colombo Colombo Private Drieberg College Drieberg English School American Ceylon Mission Northern Jaffna Thenmarachchi Chavakachcheri Provincial Methodist Central College, Hakmana Wesleyan Methodist Mission Southern Matara Mulatiyana Hakmana Provincial Richmond College, Galle The Galle High School Wesleyan Methodist Mission Southern Galle Galle Galle National Prince of Wales' College, Moratuwa Western Colombo Piliyandala Moratuwa National St. John's College, Panadura Western Kalutara Panadura Victoria College, Chulipuram Chulipuram Hindu English School Northern Jaffna Valikamam Chulipuram Provincial Girls' High School, Kandy Wesleyan Methodist Mission Central Kandy Kandy Kandy National Southlands College, Galle Girls' High School Wesleyan Methodist Mission Southern Galle Galle Galle National Ananda College English Buddhist School Buddhist Theosophical Society Western Colombo Colombo Colombo National Dharmaraja College Kandy Buddhist High School Buddhist Theosophical Society Central Kandy Kandy Kandy National Jaffna Hindu College The Native Town High School Northern Jaffna Jaffna Jaffna National Piliyandala Central College Mampe Piyarathanasara Buddhist Mix School Rev. Mampe Saranapala Thero Western Colombo Piliyandala Piliyandala National Christ Church Girls' College The Girls' Boarding School Church Mission Society of the Anglican Church Southern Galle Baddegama Baddegama National Maliyadeva College Kurunegala Buddhist Institution Buddhist Theosophical Society North Western Kurunegala Kurunegala Kurunegala National Ananda Sastralaya, Kotte Kotte Bauddha (Buddhist) Mixed School Western Colombo Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte National Holy Cross College, Kalutara Western Kalutara Kalutara South Kalutara Private Rambaikulam Girls' Maha Vidyalayam Northern Vavuniya Vavuniya South Vavuniya National Hillwood College, Kandy Central Kandy Kandy Central Kandy Private Kingswood College, Kandy The Boys' High School Wesleyan Methodist Mission Central Kandy Kandy Kandy National Musaeus College Musaeus Buddhist Girls' School Buddhist Theosophical Society Western Colombo Colombo Colombo Private Dharmadutha CollegeBuddhist Theosophical SocietyUvaBadullaBadullaBadullaNational Mahinda College Buddhist Theosophical Society Southern Galle Galle Galle National Zahira College, Colombo Al-Madrasathul Zahira Colombo Muslim Educational Society Western Colombo Colombo Colombo Private St. Aloysius' College, Galle Jesuits Southern Galle Galle Galle National Chundikuli Girls' College Church Mission Society of the Anglican Church Northern Jaffna Jaffna Jaffna Private St. Joseph's College, Colombo French Roman Catholic missionaries Western Colombo Colombo Colombo Private Sacred Heart Convent, Galle Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary Southern Galle Galle Galle St. Servatius' College Roman Catholic Belgian Jesuit Southern Matara Matara Kotuwegoda National R. K. M. Sri Koneswara Hindu College Eastern Trincomalee Trincomalee Trincomalee National St. Aloysius College, Ratnapura Peter & Paul's Mixed School Jesuits Sabaragamuwa Ratnapura Ratnapura Ratnapura National

See also List of the oldest schools in the world List of schools in Sri Lanka

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