Sripalee Collage

nspired by Guru Dev Rabindranath Tagore a great writer, artist and an educationist of India, and his university at Shanthi Niketan later called Visva Bharathi University, Mr. Wilmot A. Perera, a revolutionary educationist and a politician of Sri Lanka, decided to establish a similar institution in Ceylon, and invited Gurudev Tagore to lay the foundation stone for the institution, which Tagore named Sri Palee (place where the goddess of fine arts lives). This was laid on 20 May 1934, in Horana. At present, the principal, 140 academic staff and 20 non-academic staff operate at the college. The education medium is Sinhala and English medium is being introduced. English is taught as secondary language in all classes. Sri Palee is like any other government school in the island and subjects are taught according to the government curriculum. Science, mathematics and commerce streams are available at secondary educational level. College founder The founder of Sri Palee College was a propr...