Holy Family Convent, Jaffna

Holy Family Convent

Glory to God Alone
Address
Vembady Road
Jaffna, Jaffna District, Northern Province
Sri Lanka
Coordinates 9°39′35.70″N 80°01′12.20″E / 9.6599167°N 80.0200556°E / 9.6599167; 80.0200556Coordinates: 9°39′35.70″N 80°01′12.20″E / 9.6599167°N 80.0200556°E / 9.6599167; 80.0200556
Information
School type National School 1AB
Founded 1845
School district Jaffna Education Zone
Authority Northern Provincial Council
School number 1001003
Principal Rev. Sr. Thayanayagi Sebamalai
Teaching staff 64
Grades 1-13
Gender Girls
Age range 5-18
Language Tamil, English
School roll 1,657
Website jaffnahfc.com

Holy Family Convent is a national school in Jaffna, Sri Lanka.[1][2] The school was established in 1845 and consists of both a Tamil and an English convent.

History

The school was first managed by an Irish lady called Mrs. Flannagan with the aim of providing English education to the girls in Jaffna. In 1862 the school was taken over by the sisters of the Holy Family and became the first convent school on the island.

A nunnery exists behind the convent. St. Henry's college is also in Ilavalai, Jaffna and is the Roman Catholic school for Tamil boys.

On Good Friday, 1987, the school was severely damaged in an air raid by the Sri Lankan Air Force targeting Tamil Tigers.[3]

In 2002 it was amalgamated with the Tamil Convent Mahavidyalayam and in 2010 it was upgrade as a national school. Currently it has a student population of 2000 and a teaching staff 76.[4]

Alumni

See also

References

  1. ↑ Schools Basic Data as at 01.10.2010. Northern Provincial Council. 2010.
  2. ↑ "Province - Northern" (PDF). Schools Having Bilingual Education Programme. Ministry of Education.
  3. ↑ "Convent attacked". Catholic Herald. 1 May 1987.
  4. ↑ Jaffna Holy Family Convent celebrates 150 years
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