Celebrating 105 Glorious Years of Excellence!

B a n d a r a n a y a k e C o l l e g e
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Celebrating 105 Glorious Years of Excellence!

1918 - 2023

Celebrating 105 Glorious Years of Excellence! Join us as we celebrate a century plus five of unwavering commitment to education, innovation, and leadership at Bandaranayake College. Here's to a majestic legacy that continues to shape the future!

School Motto

"Vidvan Sarvathra Pujyathe"
"විද්වාත් සර්වත්‍ර පූජ්‍යතේ"
("Scholar is always honored")

Bandaranayake College Gampaha (Sinhala: බණ්ඩාරනායක විද්‍යාලය ගම්පහ) is the Premier Buddhist boys' school in Gampaha, and One of the Leading boys' School in the Island, founded on 18 September 1918. The school has a student population exceeding 5,000. Charles Samarasooriya was the first principal of the school. In 1949, the school was established as the Henarathgoda Senior Secondary School, and then it was established as the Henarathgoda Secondary English School at its present location.

When the school was established current location, Jinadasa Munasingha was the principal. In 1993, this school promoted as a First Grade School. It had been a mixed school upto 1985. On 25 May 1993, the school was advanced to the National Level as Bandaranayake College.

Vision
Giving out Students with a great Personality in to the world, who can succeed in future challenges While protecting the Social Values.

Mission
Endowment of an inspiring to younger generation fortified with morals, virtues and intelligence in order to create a spiritually fertile society.

Present Principal

Welcoming Our Visionary Leader

let's begin the next chapter!
A new author; for a new chapter, of the forever-written Bandaranayake story.
We warmly welcome our 28th Principal, Mr. Kasun Gunarathne to the Mother Bandaranayake.

Retired Principal

Farewell of the legend

6 short years...but an everlasting impact!
Here's but a fraction of our heartfelt gratitude for everything you gave us but we couldnt give back.
We extend our sincere wishes for a future with abundant success and profound happiness !