History In 1967, Minister of Education Hon. I.M.R.A. Iriyagolla began the ground work for establishing the Boys' school in Cinnamon Gardens. It was named after the first prime minister, Hon. D.S. Senanayake of Sri Lanka. Mr. R.I.T. Alles, a teacher of Royal College, Colombo 07 became the Principle of the new school. The location in which the college stands today was at that time called the "Kumbikale", which was cleared with the help of the community and some boy scouts from Royal College. After years of hard work, D.S. Senanayake College opened her doors to youngsters on 10th February 1967. Today The first batch of 167 students was housed in a prefabricated building sheltered by woven coconut leaves. Today it accommodates more than 6500 students from Grade 01 to 13. The ratio of Student : Teacher is now 23 : 1. Currently, 275 teachers are educating students. School colors are Black and Gold where motto is "Country Before Self...
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