Vidyaloka College

Vidyaloka College is a boys' school in Galle, Sri Lanka. The school was established on 14 January 1941 by philanthropist Henry Woodward Amarasuriya under the patronage of Venerable Weliwitiye Punyasara Thera. It is a national school which accommodates over 3,100+ students and provides primary and secondary education to them. The school was re-constructed after it was badly affected by the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004.

College today
The college today provides education to about 3,100+ students from grade 1 to grade 13 and it is regarded as one of the leading boys' schools in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka.

School boundaries
The land named ‘Kekiri Obada Watta’ where the school is located stretches up to the Wackwella road to the east, Vidyaloka Lane to the north, Sri Devamitta Mawatha to the West and Queens Cinema to the south. It is located on flat land of about of 2 acre situated in the middle of Galle.

Past principals

 * 1941 - 1944          : E. A. C. Munasinghe
 * 1945 - 1964          : B. D. P. de Silva
 * 1964 - 1965          : A. Hendravitharana
 * 1965 - 1971          : B. K. de Silva
 * 1971 - 1977          : Chandradasa de Silva
 * 1977 - 1981          : Christy Nanayakkara
 * 1981 - 1995          : D. H. Senevirathna
 * 1996 - 2004          : M. B. L. de Silva
 * 2004 - 2010          : N. G. Gunapala
 * 2010 - 2013 : F. Welege
 * 2013–present        : Prasanna Senewiraththne

College houses
Students are divided into four houses according to their admission number. These houses are named after four ancient kings of Sri Lanka.


 * -Ashoka
 * -Gemunu
 * -Prakrama
 * -Sangabo