St. Anne's College, Kurunegala

[3] Situated in central area of Kurunegala, It occupies 49,000 m2 (530,000 sq ft) along St. Anne's street, boarded by Holy Family Convent to the east, St. Anne's Cathedral to the west and Maliyadeva College to the north.

The principal is the head of the school and is appointed by De La Salle Brothers.

Also, students can enter through grade 5 government scholarship exam and GCE Ordinary Level in Sri Lanka.

It was initiated by the parish priest of Kurunegala church, Francis Saviour.

But with the intention of putting up a boys only school, the school was renamed to St. Anne's Boys College in 1881, with the guidance of the Kurunegala parish priest Adrian Dufo, during the term of Apostolic Vicariate of Jaffna Bishop Christophe Ernest Bonjean.

It was on the invitation and recommendation of C. L. W. Perera that the De La Salle Brothers acceding to the request of the Archbishop, assumed duties at St. Anne's College on 1 December 1934 after purchasing the present land of 49,000 square metres (12 acres) for Rs.

The arrival of the De La Salle Brothers to the city, paved the way for the awakening of both discipline and quality education.

The first prize-giving was held in the open air under the directorship of Casimir Ernest, a Czech Brother.

Alban Patrick assumed the directorship in 1946 when the golden era of St. Anne's begins.

St. Anne's becomes a Grade 1 School, the only one in the North Western Province in 1947, the results of public examination continue to be the best in the province, the student population rises to 1340 by 1955, the science block is declared open in 1949, which was donated by C. L. W. Perera an eminent criminal lawyer of the country who was also a benefactor of the school and who was honoured by the pope by a knighthood for the services rendered to the Catholic Church.

But after struggling to maintain the status for a few years the school was handed over to the Government in 1964 during the term of the Director, Edwin Ambrose.

Since then the succeeding Brother Principals attempted to keep up the rising standard of St. Anne's College in spite of the changing educational environment.

The students are divided into four Houses: John Baptist De La Salle was born on 30 April 1661 in Rheims, France.

On 15/05/1950 Pope Pius XII proclaimed him "Patron of all Teachers of Youth".

Miguel Febres Cordero was born on 7 November 1854 in Cuenca Ecuador.

2024 marked the 40th two-day encounter and 27th limited-overs version of Battle of the Rocks.

Traditionally a De La Salle brother is the school's principal.

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29th Annual Cricket Contest