Isipathana College

ed in all three streams - Sinhala, Tamil and English, with a tutorial staff of seven teachers. The college crest was designed by the first Principal with the assistance of Mr. Perera and Mr. Stanley Abeysinghe of Heywood School of Art, with the lighted lamp and open book and motto "Strive with determination". The college colours dark and light green were selected from the name of the college (Greenland College). The first sportsmeet was held in March 1953 and the first prize giving in 1954. The first issue of the college magazine came out in 1954. In 1956 "Vihara Mandiraya and Chaitya" was built to commemorate "Buddha Jayanthi year" at school premises. The college had adapted itself to the socio-cultural changes which were taking place since Buddha Jayanthi in 1956 which led to the renaming of the college in 1961. Greenlands Road had been renamed as "Isipathana Mawatha" after "Isipathanaramaya" temple and the school was renamed as "Isipathana Maha Vidyalaya". Within a decade "Greenlands" became "Isipathana". In 1962 the college was divided into two schools as Kanishta (Junior) and Jeshta (Upper) Vidyalayas with two Principals. In 1975 the Education Department amalgamated Kanishta Vidyalaya with the Maha Vidyalaya. Houses

The students are divided into four Houses:

Tagore colour : Yellow
Rahula colour : Red
Milton colour : Blue
Iqbal colour : Green

The names are derived from four poets - Thotagamuwe Sri Rahula Thero, Rabindranath Tagore, John Milton and Sir Muhammad Iqbal. The houses compete to win the inter-house games. Sports

Rugby
Athletics
Basketball
Boxing
Soccer
Tennis
Badminton
Swimming
Karate
Water polo
Table Tennis
Volley Ball
Hockey
Chess
Cricket