Tissa Central College

Tissa Central College (තිස්ස මධ්‍ය විද්‍යාලය Thissa Madhya Vidyālaya), located in Kalutara, Sri Lanka, is a national school. It is the first Buddhist English School in the northern part of the town.

History
The school was founded by Proctor H. A. de Abrew, on 5 November 1936. The first principal appointed to the school was W. S. De Zoysa. The first two teachers at the school were Kusuma Abeywickrama and R. P. Jayawardana.

The school was taken over by the Government on 31 June 1945, along with 54 other schools, under the Central College concept of the Hon. C.W.W. Kannangara.

Today the school has about 3,000 students and more than 100 teachers

Houses
The students are divided among four houses, which represent ancient Kings of Sri Lanka:
 * Parakrama - Colour -     Blue
 * Vijaya - Colour -     Green
 * Abaya- Colour -     Purple
 * Gamunu - Colour -     Orange

Cricket
Tissa's cricket team currently plays in Division II – gold category school competitions, along with some of the leading schools in the country.

The college has produced a number of professional cricketers, who now play domestic cricket in the UK and Australia.

In 2008, Dinesh Perera won the Mobitel 'Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year' (Outstation Contest), and 'Best Bowler' (Outstation Contest). In 2010 Malith Chathuranga Gunasekera also won the Mobitel 'Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year' (Outstation Contest).

In 2017 Tissa Central College U13 cricket team defeated Prince of Wales College, Moratuwa in the finals of Singer U13 D1 tournament based on bonus match points. Tissa batting was led by skipper Mithira Thenura's century and Shashmika Weerasekara's stubborn 50 runs. Tissa bowling led by Adithya Silva who gave away just 34 runs. Tissa Central reached the under 13 division one final for the first time in their history and they won in their first attempt.

Battle of the Mangosteen
The annual cricket encounter between Kalutara Vidyalaya and Tissa Central College, known as the "Battle of the Mangosteen", has been held since 1949. It is the second-oldest big match between two leading Buddhist schools in Sri Lanka and the 11th longest running big match in Sri Lanka.