St.Joseph's College, Anuradhapura
St. Joseph’s has played a pioneering role in Anuradhapura in the field of education. It was established by the missionary educationists at a time when Anuradhapura was in the back water, its small population poverty stricken, neglected and deprived of proper educational, medical and social facilities.
Over these 115 years St.joseph’s has stood up to many vicissitudes and adapted it self to vast changes in arena of education in the country. It has brought the light of learning to many thousands of deserving children from all walks of life and produced from among them distinguished persons who have proved there worth in many a field.
As well as, St. Joseph’s College is the only one Government Boy’s School in North central Province in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka since its fountain year 1898. First it was established old town in Anuradhapura.
It is the most leading school in Anuradhapura district with 35,000 students. It has been given birth to many people who contribute to the development of our country in many aspects.
Vision of the school
Love your parents
Love your school
Love your country
Our Motto - Duty First
Classes - Grade 1 to 13
Houses – Mahawali , Manik, Kalani, Malwathu
School Anthem
මිනිමුතු මසුරන් වටිනා අපරන්
දිවයින සිරියෙන් බැබලුන දා...
රන්වැලි සෑයද ලෝ මාපායද
සුවිසල් විල්වැව් පොකුණු සදා
මහා වංශයේ අප රජ දරුවන්
ඉදිකළ මේ අනුරාපුර යයි....
අමරණිය මේ අනුරාපුරයයි
ලොව බැබලේවා ඇය සැමදා....... //
සුලග සුවඳ වේ......
දහම් පියුම් පෙති සැලේ...
රිදී පොකුණකී.....
දියෙන් තිසා වැව පිරේ
ශාන්ත ජෝශප් අප මේ විදුහල
අනුරාපුරයේ ඇසුලු කලේ
ගැමුණු පුතුන් මෙහි බිහිකළ ලන්නට
අකුරට දහමට මනස හැරේ
හිරු බබළන විට කැකුළු පිපෙන සේ
පෙර ඉතිහාසෙට දෑස හැරේ
එන්න සිසුනි රැක ගන්නොකො සිරිලක
රැජින කරමු අනුරාධපුරේ .....//
Lyrics by -Father Marsalin Jayakodi
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcelline_Jayakody )
We flocked as children
And grew under your shade
Left you as strong as giants
So let’s get together and build
Our Alma mater gratefully