SCHOOL
ABOUT
Maliyadeva College, founded in 1888 by the Buddhist Theosophical Society led by Colonel Henry Steel Olcott, is a renowned government school in Kurunegala, Sri Lanka. As one of the country's oldest institutions, it's known for quality education, offering classes from primary to advanced levels. With about 5000 students, it's a National School under central government oversight. The term "Devans" affectionately denotes its students. The campus features modern facilities and maintains a legacy of academic excellence, nurturing graduates who contribute to society.
Our motto, encapsulated within a Sanskrit phrase, conjures the concept that science stands as the crowning jewel of humanity, illuminating our path towards progress and understanding.
MISSION
"සාරධර්ම සුරකින, වටිනා ඔවදන් අගයන යහපත් අරමුණු ඉටුකරගැනීම සදහා සෑම විටම සාධාරණ ක්‍රියාමාරිග පිළිපදින සමාජ ප්‍රවාහයට පිවිස සිහි බුද්ධියෙන් හා නිර්මාණශීලීව ගැටළු වලට මුහුණදෙන සහකම්පනයෙන් යුත් ස්වභාව සෞන්දර්ය අගයන පරිසර හිතකාමී ශාරීරික හා මානසික සමබර සැමට නායකත්වයක් ලබාදිය හැකි උගත් බුද්ධිමත් නිහතමානී “මලිදෙව්” පුත් රුවනක්"
VISSION
"Educated wise gentleman to the society"
"උගත් නැණවත් සත්පුරුෂයෙක් සමාජයට"
ABOUT
IDENTITY
CREST
The college crest is one of the identities of Maliyadeva College. It is designed with meaningful symbols. Every student wears a uniform with the badge stitched on their pocket.
FLAG
The college flag is the most important visual element for the student in the college. The Maliyadeva flag has, through the years, kept up the college spirit during celebrations.
The flag of the Maliyadeva College has is three horizontal lines starts with navy blue, golden yellow and maroon. In the middle yellow line there is the Crest of the college.
ANTHEM
Sinhala
පායන සඳ අඹරේ ආ....
පායන සඳ අඹරේ
ලෙසිනා සැම කල් සුදිලේ මලිදෙව්
පාසල් මාතා අපේ ආ....
පායන සඳ අඹරේ
බේදා ආගම් කුළ මල ඈ
නොතකා එක සේ සතර බෙදා //
ශාස්ත්‍ර කළා සැම විද්‍යා //
දත් මහ පඬුවන් බිහි කරවා
දිනේවා කිතුරැස් විහිදා ලෙසිනා
පායන සඳ අඹරේ ආ....
පායන සඳ අඹරේ
ලෙසිනා සැම කල් සුදිලේ මලිදෙව්
පාසල් මාතා අපේ
English : Translation
As the moon shines in the sky,
long last our mother school,
with glamour and glory,
Ignoring the difference,
religion and cast
she gives knowledge to everyone,
making genius people with
arts, crafts and all the science,
May long last our mother school
with honor and reputation like
the moon in the sky.
HOUSES
The students are divided into four houses according to their admission numbers. The house names are derived from the past kings of Sri Lanka.
The houses compete in games to win the inter-house games.
UNIFORM
Primary Students
Plain white shirt (without designs or special stitching) with the College Badge sown on the top right corner of the shirt pocket.
White shorts.
White socks of normal length.
Simple black shoes with minimal designs.
Upper School Students
Plain white shirt (without designs or special stitching) with the College Badge sown on the top right corner of the shirt pocket.
White longs.
White socks of normal length.
Simple black shoes with minimal designs.
Plain white long sleeve shirt
College tie.
White longs for Upper school and shorts for Primary students
White socks of normal length.
Simple black shoes with minimal designs.
Board Members of Clubs & Societies may wear a Blazer with the College tie when necessary.
Sportsmen and Prefects may wear a blue blazer at necessary events.
Prefects
Plain white long sleeve shirt, folded up to the elbow.
White longs.
White socks of normal length.
Simple black shoes with minimal designs.
Prefects’ Badge at chest height (Under the College badge) on the center line of the shirt.
