Azhar College
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| Azhar Central College | |
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| Address | |
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7th Milepost , 20850 | |
| Coordinates | 7°22′24″N 80°37′11″E / 7.3733°N 80.6197°E |
| Information | |
| School type | Government Funding |
| Motto | Knowledge is Bliss |
| Established | 17 May 1907 |
| School district | Kandy |
| Principal | T. S. Rukiya |
| Grades | 6 to 13 |
| Gender | Coed |
| Age | 6 to 19 |
| Number of pupils | 3,000+ |
| Education system | National Secondary Education Curriculum of Ministry of Education (Sri Lanka) |
| Language | English and Tamil[1] |
| Colour(s) | Maroon, yellow and blue |
| Sports | Cricket, Basketball |
| Mascot | The Crescent |
| Nickname | ACAK |
| Newspaper | Azhar News |
| Former pupils | Old Azharians |
Azhar Central College is a Muslim school established in 1907 in Akurana in the Kandy District of Central Province, Sri Lanka. It is a government-funded[2] school based on national secondary education system of the Curriculum of Ministry of Education (Sri Lanka). The school is one of the leading Muslim educational institutions in Sri Lanka, with a student population of more than 3,000. Azhar Central College has classes starting from grade 1 to Advanced level classes in both English and Tamil medium. Azhar Central College celebrated its centenary in the year 2007 with grand festivities.[citation needed]
Azhar is the only Muslim school in the country to play national level basketball and has clinched the national title.[3] The Azhar-Madeenian big match is played every year between Azhar Central College and Madeena Central College - Madawela and is the only big cricket big match played between two Muslim schools.[4]
History
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School chronology
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- 1907 Establishment of the school at the 7th mile post in Akurana
- 17 May 2007 Centenary year celebration of the school
Old Azharians
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The Old Azharians Union (OAU)
[edit]The College Old Boys Association (OBA) was officially transformed to the Old Azharians Union (OAU) on 14 April 2002.
The Junior Azharians Union (JAU)
[edit]The history of Junior Azharians Union (JAU) can be traced back to the beginning of millennium-year 2000, when a group of senior students of the college realised the need of a stronger gathering of students and as well as the past students in the development of the school.
References
[edit]- ^ "Schools Having Bilingual Education Programme Province - Central" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
- ^ "The annual school census" (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- ^ The Sri Lanka Basketball Federation
- ^ "The Battle of Double Maroons". The Nation (Newspaper). Retrieved 15 February 2013.