Dhammmisara MMV striding forward towards success
Dhammmisara Madya Maha Vidyalaya is a leading school in the Chilaw Educational Zone, Puttalam. The school celebrated its centenary in 2013 with great pride. This school was inaugurated in 1913 as the first English medium school in the North Central Province and it was renamed as Government Bilingual School in 1920. In 1958 they were able to become the first central college in the province. In 1960 the school enjoyed the harvest of producing 2 Arts stream students to university level. At that time, the school was renamed as Naththandiya Dhammisara Madya Maha Vidyalaya with due respect to the North Central Province Chief Incumbent Ven. Narawita Dhammisara Thera. In 1975, three science stream students entered the Medical Faculty. Gynecologist Dr. Kapila Gunawardena is one of them.
Today the school is led by W.S.S.R.M.S.S. Wijesekara and the institution has 3710 students and 153 teachers.
After the first university entrance examination, the school got off to a flying start where they producing hundreds of successful students with high marks in all streams. In 2010, the G.C.E. (O/L) students were able to take the first four ranks in the Puttalam district. In the G.C.E. (A/L) examination, stu- dents were able to capture the second, third, and sixthh ranks in Arts Stream, eighth position in the Maths stream and sixth in the Commerce stream.
The Western and Eastern Band, Prefect Guild, St. John’s Ambulance Unit, Scouting and Chess units are some of the extracurricular activities the students have shone in. A fully equipped IT Lab and the library in the school facilitate the teaching-learning process. By winning the first place at the all island vol- leyball championship in 1981 by the school grabbed the attention of the entire island. H.A. Kithsiri Jayasekara and H.A.Channa Jayasekara got the opportunity to represent the National Volleyball team in 1985. The school team was able to win 5 All Island Championships and were first runners-up in 2004 and firstt runners-up in 2014. 125 teachers have worked with dedication to produce 55 players to the National Junior and Senior volleyball teams.
The school authorities mentioned the names of teachers Somarathne Peiris, D. M. Dissanayake, H. S. Madurapperuma and all the teachers with great gratitude for their contribution and coordination towards the sporting success of the school.
Athlete V. Rathnakumara represented Sri Lanka at the Asian Games in 1990 and Varuna Lakshan who obtained a Sri Lankan record in the Javelin Throw event. These are the remarkable events in their sporting history.
The Aesthetic unit of the school has done a splendid service. The Eastern music unit has obtained the second place at the all island music competition in 2010 and received an award for the best music in a drama competition in 2013. The dancing unit and drama and theatre units also obtained first three places in the all island competitions consecutively from 2004 to 2014. In 2009 and 2012, the Drama unit obtained the Best Actress awards.
Six district championships and five camp awards have been won by the St. John’s Ambulance unit. Six students participated in the international computing competitions held in Sydney, Australia.
D. W. P. Madubhashana won the bronze medal in the Olympiad competition in 2013 and Gold and Silver in 2014. Shehan Madurawela Fernando bagged the bronze medal in the Biology Olympiad competition.
With the vision of creating a comprehensive students enriched with competence to the global village and due the untiring efforts of the principal and staff Dhammisara Madya Maha Vidtalaya is striding forward towards success.
Sujitha Miranda