St Xavier's College, Nuwara Eliya is a boys' public national school in Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka.
St Xavier's College, Nuwara Eliya 'ශාන්ත සේවියර් විදුහල , නුවරඑළී'ය, புனித ஸவெரியர் கல்லூரி நுவர எலிய Sancti Xavier Collegii | |
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Location | |
Long Street Nuwara Eliya , Central | |
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Type | National school |
Motto | Original motto: AD VERITATEM ET CARITAS TOWARD TRUTH AND CHARITY Present motto: DEUS VERITAS CARITAS GOD TRUTH CHARITY |
Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic, formerly De La Salle Confraternity |
Patron saint(s) | St Francis Xavier 1506-1552 |
Established | 1859 as the Parish School |
Founder | Rev. Fr. John Peter Perreard and Rev. Fr. Adrian Bernard Doffo |
Status | Boys 1AB College |
Sister school | Good Shepherd Convent |
School board | Ministry of Education,Sri Lanka |
School district | Nuwara Eliya |
Authority | Ministry of Education |
Category | Primary & Secondary |
Authorizer | Ministry of Education and the Bishop of Kandy(Proprietor) |
Superintendent | Director of Education |
Specialist | Formal Sri Lankan Education |
Session | 3 terms a year |
President | Principal - parish priest |
Rector | Rectors from 1859-1958, Bro. Director 1958-1962 Principal from 1962 |
Director | DE |
Principal | Appointed by the state - Qualification SLPS Grade 1 |
Headmaster | Sectional Heads for Sinhala, Tamil and English streams |
Head of school | Principal |
Chaplain | The Parish Priest of St Xavier's Church Nuwara eliya |
Staff | Appointed by the Ministry of Education |
Grades | Grade 1 to Advanced Level Sihala Medium (Commerce and Arts) Tamil Medium Bio Science |
Years offered | 5-16 |
Gender | Boys |
Age | 5 to 16 |
Number of pupils | 750 |
Language | Sinhala, Tamil and English language (formerly Latin_ |
Houses | Pagnani (blue with white cross), Beckmeyer (maroon with white cross), Regno (gold with white cross) |
Colour(s) | College Colours- Maroon ,Blue and Gold |
Slogan | God, Truth, Charity |
Sports | Athletics, cricket, football, basketball, table tennis, badminton, hockey, boxing, elle |
Mascot | Blessings of the Patron St Francis Xavier |
Nickname | Xaverians |
Rival | Holy Trinity College and Gamini Central College |
Accreditation | Formerly the De La Salle Fraternity |
Publication | Perspective |
School fees | Non-fee levying |
Alumni | SXCOBA founded in 1947 |
Website | stxaviers |
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