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Denipitiya Madya Maha Vidyalaya (Sinhala: දෙනිපිටිය මධ්‍ය මහා විද්‍යාලය Denipitiya Madya Mahā Vidyālaya) is a mixed school in Sri Lanka, located in Matara district. Denipitiya Maha Vidyalaya has two sections - the Primary section, which serves students from Grade 1 to Grade 5, and the Secondary section, which serves students from Grade 6 to Grade 13.

History
This school was established as a government school in the village of Denipitiya in Weligama Korale in the Matara District of the Southern Province on 30th October 1931. But before that, the ancients said that a company school had run in Denipitiya with the intervention of the local dignitaries including GUNATHILAKA RALAHAMI and MENIKWATHTHE GUNAWARDHANA. In the beginning, it consisted of 300 students, but the number of teachers was limited to six.

The land area of the school is about a quatre acre, it had consisted of one building and Mr. H.D. Sugathapala was the first principal of the school. He has rendered a great service to the college till the 1st of May 1936.

First, it had from the primary section to the secondary section after that it was appointed a Tertiary school. In the beginning, Denipitiya Maha Vidyalaya consisted two-section there are primary and secondary. But the primary school premises were removed and relocated as the number of students was over a thousand. After that primary section was renamed as the Denipitiya Primary school and the secondary section was renamed as the Denipitiya Maha Vidyalaya.

This school has such a long history and is one of the prestigious schools with over 800 students. Mrs. C.T Hewawasam is the current Principal of the 21st Principal.

Sports
Sports at the college include athletics, basketball, boxing, chess, cricket, rugby, soccer, volleyball, table tennis, badminton and karate.

Houses
There are three student houses in the college, They are:

The house colour is red. The house colour is blue. The house colour is yellow.
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