The school was established in 1895 by recently arrived Belgian Jesuit missionaries, led by Joseph Van Reeth, first bishop of Galle. St. Aloysius’ College is a national school, which provides primary and secondary education. In 2012, it had 4,000 students on its roll.
■ History
St. Aloysius’ College is situated on Mount Calvary, neighbouring St. Mary’s Cathedral on one side and Sacred Heart Convent on the other. The college was established in 1895 by Belgian Jesuit fathers and was named after the Jesuit Saint, Saint Aloysius Gonzaga. St. Aloysius’ College, Galle, is one of many schools named St Aloysius’ College. Until the Sri Lankan government passed legislation for the nationalisation of schools in the island (with an exception of only a few schools), St. Aloysius’ College was run by Jesuit Fathers and the medium of instruction was English. The first Buddhist principal was appointed in the year 1971 and subsequently the medium of instruction was changed to Sinhala.
■ College today
The college provides education to 5000 students from grade 1 to grade 13. The students of the school fall into diverse religious groups where over 90 percent of students are Buddhists and the others are Christian (or Catholic) and Muslim.
□■ College Crest’s elements
Centre: IHS – Iesus Hominum Salvator(”Jesus Saviour of Mankind”) 1. The Tusker – Courage 2. Lilies – Purity of conscience 3. Torch – Torch of learning 4. Rooster – Symbol of Galle
□■ College houses
Students represent five houses that are named after Jesuit Fathers who were pioneers in developing the school in its early days. Students are divided into houses according to their admission number. -Cooreman -Murphy -Neut -Standaert -Vanreeth
■ Sports
Sports is a major part of St. Aloysius’ College. Cricket, Basketball, Rugby, Football, Hockey and Swimming are some of the sports among over 20 sports in College. Among all of them, Rugby takes a prominent role as it has a history starting from 1980s. As a foot step of that, with the motto ‘‘ Born with the Stuff ’’ Rugby was introduced at St. Aloysius’ in latter part of 1980s. The first historic match was played in 1992 against Richmond College. Taking centre stage of the annual sporting calendar are the St. Aloysius’ - Richmond Rugby Encounter.
■ Principals
■ Old Boys’ associations
There are a number of branches of the school’s Old Boys’ Association located all around the world, including Australia, New Zealand, Qatar and the United Kingdom.
■ Notable alumni

东南 0.3Km	Galle Harbour
东南 0.6Km	Galle International Stadium
东南 0.8Km	National Museum of Galle
东南 1.0Km	National Maritime Museum (Galle)
东南 1.2Km	Galle Fort
东南 1.4Km	Galle Lighthouse
东北 1.6Km	Mahinda College
西北 1.9Km	加勒 (斯里蘭卡)

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