Zahira College, Kalmunai | |
Native Name: | கமு/ஸாஹிரா கல்லூரி தேசிய பாடசாலை |
Location: | Kalmunai, Ampara District |
Province: | Eastern Province |
Country: | Sri Lanka |
Founder: | M. S. Kariapper |
Principal: | M. I. Jabir |
Teaching Staff: | 160 |
Gender: | Boys |
Schooltype: | National School1 AB Super |
Grades: | Grade 6-13 |
Language: | English and Tamil |
Motto: | "Man jadda wa jadda" (He who tries, will achieve) |
Colours: | Green and Yello |
Students: | 3000 |
Zahira College, Kalmunai (commonly known as Kalmunai Zahira) is a boys national school in Ampara District, Sri Lanka.[1] It was founded in 1949 as English Junior School by the M. S. Kariapper, Member of Ceylon Parliament. The college is situated in Sainthamaruthu, in the municipality of Kalmunai. It has been graded as 1AB Super School by Ministry of Education Sri Lanka and it has all the streams of GCE Advanced Level in Sri Lanka - Biological and Physical science, Commerce, Arts and Technology.[2]
In 2004, the school was affected by a tsunami.[3] The current principal of Kalmunai Zahira is M.I.Jabir Sir[4]