Udupiddy American Mission College ( ''Uṭuppiṭṭi Amerikkaṉ Micaṉ Kallūri'') is a
national school in
Udupiddy
Udupiddy is a small town located in the Jaffna District in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. Udupiddy roughly translates to "get dressed". The town has a population of 1,414 and an area of 1.217 km². Climate
Udupiddy has a tropical and dry c ...
,
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...
. It was founded on 4 January 1852 by
American Ceylon Mission
The American Ceylon Mission (ACM) to Jaffna, Sri Lanka started with the arrival in 1813 of missionaries sponsored by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM). Although they had originally planned to work in Galle, the Briti ...
.
It was started in 1852. In 2021, it became a national school from a provincial school. It is 25th oldest school in Sri Lanka.
Chandraheskarampillai Packiyachandram alias Sivarasan, who was a key conspirator in the
assassination of Rajiv Gandhi
The assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, former prime minister of India, occurred as a result of a suicide bombing in Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu, India on 21 May 1991. At least 14 others, in addition to Gandhi and the assassin, were killed. It w ...
, studied here until he had to drop out after the death of his father who taught at Udupiddy American Mission College.
Principals
# Mr. O. S. Good - 1852
# Mr. S. K. Rasiah - 1932 to 1938
# Mr. K. T. John - 1939 to 1956
# Mr. S. S. Selvadurai - 1956 to 1971
# Mr. Robert Navaratnam - 1971 to
# Mr. K. Sithamparappillai
# Mr. V. T. Selvaratnam
# Mr. N. Anantharaj
# Mr. S. Thilaimpalan
# Mr. K. Nadarajah
# Mr. K. Tharmalingam
# Mr. S.Krishnakumar - 2012 to 2020
# Mr. Puvanenthirarajah - 2021 to 2022
# Mr. Selvavinayakam- 2022
# Mr. Pushpakaran- 2023- now
Notable alumni
See also
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List of schools in Northern Province, Sri Lanka
The following is a list of schools in Northern Province, Sri Lanka. The province is divided into 12 education zones which are sub-divided into 33 education divisions. There are around 1,000 schools in the province. 12 schools are national schools ...
References
American Ceylon Mission schools
Boys' schools in Sri Lanka
Provincial schools in Sri Lanka
Schools in Jaffna District
Buildings and structures in Udupiddy
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