Telijjawila Central College තෙලිජ්ජවිල මධ්‍ය විද්‍යාලය
Location
Matara, Thelijjawila , Southern Province Sri Lanka
Coordinates	6°01′10″N 80°29′31″E / 6.01944°N 80.49194°E / 6.01944; 80.49194
Information
Type	National.
Motto	Nasathi Vidya Samam Mithram (නාසති විද්‍යා සමං මිත්‍රම්)
Established	1946
Founder	Dr. C.W.W. Kannangara
Principal	Mr.Jayantha Meegoda
Grades	6 - 13
Gender	Mixed
Enrollment	2500
Language	Sinhala, English
Color(s)	Maroon & Gold
Song	ලකඹර ජය දද නැංවූ මාතා
Affiliation	Buddhist
Website	Telijjawila Central College

Telijjawila Central College (Sinhala: තෙලිජ්ජවිල මධ්‍ය විද්‍යාලය)(commonly known as "Telijjawila Central College") is a government school for boys and girls in TelijjawilaMatara, Sri Lanka . The college is situated in a hilly area, close to Weligama Akuressa main road with natural surroundings. The college was initially founded as a Buddhist school in 1954 in present location and in 31-01-1996 declared as a National school. The college presently consists of over 2500 student population with children studying from primary level to secondary level education with a faculty of 130 teachers.

School History

Telijjawila Central College in 1962

The college functioned in this premises until 1955 during which year it was shifted to the present location at Udukawa the hillock facing the paddy fields with a rich scenic beauty.

A Central college for Telijjawila, under the scheme for taking education to village, by late Dr. C.W.W. Kannangara, would not have been a reality, if not for the great efforts made by the late David Wanigasekara, and Pujya. Naranda Thero of, Wajiraramaya, Bambalapitiya.

The college commenced its operation on 17 January 1946 at Telijjawila junction, in a small building, thatched with coconut leaves. It had nearly 200 students and the staff consisted of three teachers. The pioneer teachers were DH Wickramasekara and UA Podinona. The first principal was HL Wimalasuriya from Gnanodaya Vidyalaya at Kalutara.

Wickramaratne Walawwa was used as the boys' hostel and Girls' was established at Samarasinghe walawwa Bibugodella watta.

Despite a shortage of buildings and other facilities, the school quickly became well-known and one of the best schools in Ceylon, Medium of instruction was English till 1956. The school was declared open during the tenure of principal RB Gallella on 15 July 1955, by the then Hon. Prime Minister Sir John Kotalawala. He was a prominent educationalist and a disciplinarian who won the hearts of all students. And served until he was transferred to Maho central college in February 1957.

In 1948, the school moved to new buildings constructed in land acquired by the government, to its present location, which consisted of an assembly hall, classrooms, administrative blocks, crafts rooms, and two hostel blocks.

T.C.C in past

Past Principals from 1946

School Anthem

ලකඹර ජය දද නැංවූ මාතා
තෙලිදිය විල මැදි විදු මාතා
නුවණැස පෑදූ සිප්සත සෑදූ
සාගරයේ ගුණධාරී වූ
  නමදිමු අප විදුහල් මාතා
ඔබගේ සෙවනේ සිප්සත සැදුවෝ
ලක් පොළොවේ ජය හඬ නැගුවෝ
ඒ අඩි පාරේ අපි පා ඔසවා
සුරකිමු ඔබෙ නාමය සැමදා
ලකඹර...
ගුරු සිත නොතලා කීකරු වීලා
යුතුකම් ගුණදම් රැක නිතිනා
ආදර මෑණි ඔබෙ පා වැඳලා
කැප වෙමු දෑ සේවය සඳහා
ලකඹර...
විදුහල් අතරේ කිරුළු පලන්දා
ඔබ හෙළයේ රැජිණිය වේවා!
ජාතිය රකිනා හෙළ දූ දරුවන්
මතු මතු අත්මෙහි බිහි වේවා!
ලකඹර...

Houses

There are four student houses in the college,They are:

• Rohana  :  
• Thissa  :  
• Anura  :  
• Vijitha :