{{Short description|Provincial school in Point Pedro, Sri Lanka}} {{For|the British university formerly known as Hartley College|University of Southampton}} {{Infobox school | name = Hartley College | native_name = ஹாட்லிக் கல்லூரி | latin_name = | logo = Hartley College logo.gif | logo_size = 150px | seal_image = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | motto = ''Fiat lux'' | motto_translation = Let there be light | location = | address = | city = Point Pedro, Jaffna District | state = | province = Northern Province | county = | postal_code = | zipcode = | country = Sri Lanka | country1 = | coordinates = {{Coord|9|49|40.20|N|80|13|58.20|E|region:LK_type:edu|display=inline,title}} | schooltype = 1AB | fundingtype = | type = Public provincial (APS) | religious_affiliation = Methodism | denomination = Methodist Church in Sri Lanka | patron = | established = | founded = {{start date and age|1838}} | opened = | founder = Peter Percival | status = | closed = | locale = | school_board = | district = Vadamarachi Education Zone | authority = | category = | category_label = | oversight = | oversight_label = | authorizer = | superintendent = | trustee = | specialist = | session = | school_number = 1007026 | school_code = | president = | chair = | chairman = | chairperson = | dean = | administrator = | rector = | director = | principal = V. Uthayamohan | principal_label = Principal | campus_director = | headmistress = | headmaster = | head_of_school = | head_teacher = | executive_headteacher = | acting_headteacher = | head = | head_label = | chaplain = | staff = | faculty = | teaching_staff = 52 | employees = | key_people = | grades = 6-13 | years = | gender = Boys | lower_age = | upper_age = | age_range = 11-18 | enrolment = | enrollment = | enrollment_as_of = | sixth_form_students = | other = | other_grade_enrollment = | other_grade_label = | international_students = | classes = | avg_class_size = | ratio = | system = | classes_offered = | language = | schedule_type = | schedule = | hours_in_day = | classrooms = | campuses = | campus = | campus_size = | area = | campus_type = | houses = | colours = | colors = | slogan = | song = | fight_song = | athletics = | athletic_conference = | sports = | mascot = | nickname = | team_name = | rival = | accreditation = | USNWR_ranking = | national_ranking = | test_name = | test_average = | decile = | publication = | newspaper = | yearbook = | products = | endowment = | budget = | fees = | tuition = | revenue = | communities = | feeder_schools = | feeder_to = | graduates = | affiliations = | alumni = | nobel_laureates = | information = | website = | footnotes = | picture = | picture_caption = | picture2 = | picture_caption2 = }} '''Hartley College''' ({{langx|ta|ஹாட்லிக் கல்லூரி}} ''Hāṭlik Kallūri'') is a provincial school in Point Pedro, Sri Lanka.<ref>{{cite book|title=Schools Basic Data as at 01.10.2010|year=2010|publisher=Northern Provincial Council|url=http://notice.np.gov.lk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=85:npc-schools-basic-data-as-on-01102010|access-date=2011-02-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203001953/http://notice.np.gov.lk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=85%3Anpc-schools-basic-data-as-on-01102010|archive-date=2013-12-03|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Province – Northern|url=http://www.moe.gov.lk/web/images/stories/branchnews/bilungual/np.pdf|work=Schools Having Bilingual Education Programme|publisher=Ministry of Education|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203001342/http://www.moe.gov.lk/web/images/stories/branchnews/bilungual/np.pdf|archivedate=2013-12-03}}</ref> Founded in 1838 by British Methodist missionaries, it is one of Sri Lanka's oldest schools. The school is named after Wesleyan priest and missionary Rev. Hartley.

==History== Methodist missionaries from Britain arrived in Ceylon on 29 June 1814. The ''Wesleyan Mission Central School'' was founded in 1838 by Rev. Dr. Peter Percival.<ref name=history>{{cite web|title=Significant Dates in the Hartley's History|url=http://www.hartleycollege.org/hweb/hartley/history.shtml|publisher=Hartley College}}</ref><ref name=treasured>{{cite web|title=Hartley College – Our Treasured School|url=http://www.hartleycollege.com/hweb/hartley/ourTreasuredSchool.shtml|publisher=Hartley College}}</ref> The school is located at the current location of the Methodist Girls' High School. The school transferred to its current site in 1874.<ref name=history/> The school was renamed ''Christ Church School'' in 1912 and ''Hartley College'' in 1916.<ref name=history/><ref name=treasured/>

Most private schools in Ceylon were taken over by the government in 1960. Hartley College becomes a publicly funded school on 1 December 1960.<ref name=treasured/>

Following arson by the Sri Lankan government forces in 1984, the school moved to Puttalai from 1985 to 1990.<ref name=history/> In 1989, the school appeared on a postage stamp issued to commemorate its 150th anniversary.<ref name=history/> From 1996 to 2002, part of the school was occupied by the Sri Lanka Army, and the school remains in a high security zone.<ref>{{cite news|title=HSZ blocks progress of Hartley and Methodist schools|url=http://tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=9458|newspaper=TamilNet|date=17 July 2003}}</ref> In 2005, part of the school was destroyed by a grenade thrown from a motorcycle.<ref>{{cite news|title=Grenade attack on SLA sentry near Point Pedro schools|url=http://tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=16373|newspaper=TamilNet|date=19 November 2005}}</ref>

==Principals== <ref name=DN260708>{{cite news|last=Maniccavasgar|first=Chelvathamy|title=Hartley College completes 170 years in sphere of education|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2008/07/26/fea04.asp|newspaper=Daily News (Sri Lanka)|date=26 July 2008|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805065439/http://www.dailynews.lk/2008/07/26/fea04.asp|archivedate=5 August 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Principals of Hartley College Principals|url=http://www.hartleycollege.org/hweb/hartley/principal/|publisher=Hartley College}}</ref> {{Div col|colwidth=20em}} * 1838-60 Rev. Dr. Peter Percival * 1861-68 Rev. D. P. Niles * 1868- Samuel Hensman * -1878 J. C. T. Sherrard<ref name=TN300401>{{cite news|title=Hartley past principal's funeral held in UK|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=5974|newspaper=TamilNet|date=30 April 2001}}</ref> * 1906 S. A. Paulpillai * 1906-12 S. S. Kanapathipillai<ref name=TN300401/> * 1912-15 E. S. Abraham * 1915-43 C. P. Thamotheram<ref>{{cite news|title=Thamotheram, social activist, passes away|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=16231|newspaper=TamilNet|date=1 November 2005}}</ref>{{sfn|Arumugam|1997|pp=224–225}} * 1943-67 K. Pooranampillai<ref name=TN300401/>{{sfn|Arumugam|1997|p=145}} * 1967-71 S. Ratnasabapathy * 1971-73 C. Rajathurai * 1973-75 P. Ahamparam * 1975-85 W. N. S. Samuel * 1985-93 P. Balasingam * 1993-97 K. Nadarajah * 1997-99 P. Venugopalavanithasan * 1999-00 N. Gunaseelan * 2000-02 M. Sripathy * 2003-05 V. Pathmanathan * 2005-14 N. Theivendraraja * 2014-21 T. Mugunthan * 2021-24 T. Kalaichelvan * 2025–present V. Uthayamohan {{div col end}}

==Notable teachers== {{See also|Category:Faculty of Hartley College}}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%" |- ! style="width:*;" | Name ! style="width:12%;" | Year ! style="width:65%;" class="unsortable" | Notability ! style="width:*;" class="unsortable" | Reference |- | {{sortname|K. S.|Arulnandhy}} | style="text-align:center;" | | Deputy Director of Education (1946&ndash;1950) | style="text-align:center;" |{{sfn|Arumugam|1997|p=13}} |- | {{sortname|Herbert|Thambiah}} | style="text-align:center;" | | Chief Justice of Sri Lanka (1991) | style="text-align:center;" |{{sfn|Arumugam|1997|p=220}} |}

==Notable alumni== {{See also|Category:Alumni of Hartley College}}

{{dynamic list}} <!---only persons with wiki pages should be added, entries must have class year and citation to tie them to school per WP:NLIST & WP:PEOPLE---> {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%" |- ! style="width:*;" | Name ! style="width:65%;" class="unsortable" | Notability ! style="width:*;" class="unsortable" | Reference |- | {{sortname|K.|Alvapillai}} | Permanent Secretary – Minister of Agriculture and Food (1953&ndash;1959), Permanent Secretary – Minister of Commerce and Trade (1959&ndash;1965) | style="text-align:center;" |{{sfn|Arumugam|1997|p=3}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Sri Kantha|first=Sachi|title=Alvapillai: A Silent Axle of the Colonial and Post-colonial Ceylon Administration|url=http://www.sangam.org/taraki/articles/2005/11-30_Alvapillai.php?uid=1340|publisher=Ilankai Tamil Sangam}}</ref> |- | {{sortname|T. E.|Anandaraja}} | Inspector General of Police (2002&ndash;2003) | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite news|last=Malalasekera|first=Sarath|title=Veteran policeman is new IGP|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2002/10/03/new15.html|newspaper=Daily News (Sri Lanka)|date=3 October 2002|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20021017124342/http://www.dailynews.lk/2002/10/03/new15.html|archivedate=17 October 2002}}</ref><ref name=SO271002>{{cite news|title=Well done Hartley!|url=https://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2002/10/27/spo18.html|newspaper=Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka)|date=27 October 2002|access-date=2013-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035915/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2002/10/27/spo18.html|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | {{sortname|V.|Anandasangaree}} | member of parliament – Jaffna (2000&ndash;2004), Kilinochchi (1970&ndash;1983) | style="text-align:center;" |{{sfn|Arumugam|1997|pp=7–8}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Last TULF Leader Standing: Sangaree at Seventy Five|url=http://transcurrents.com/tc/2008/06/post_1.html|publisher=TransCurrents.com|author=D. B. S. Jeyaraj|author-link=|date=14 June 2008|url-status=usurped|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120707012042/http://transcurrents.com/tc/2008/06/post_1.html|archivedate=7 July 2012}}</ref> |- | {{sortname|K. D.|Arulpragasam}} | Vice-Chancellor Eastern University, Sri Lanka (1986&ndash;1989) | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite news|title=Ex Vice-Chancellor of Eastern University dies|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=9602|newspaper=TamilNet|date=8 August 2003}}</ref> |- | {{sortname|Christie Jayaratnam|Eliezer}} | Dean – School of Physical Sciences La Trobe University, Dean – Faculty of Science University of Malaya, Dean – Faculty of Science University of Ceylon | style="text-align:center;" |{{sfn|Arumugam|1997|p=52}}<ref name=DN071206>{{cite news|last=Maniccavasgar|first=Chelvatamby|title=Ganeshalingam, an exceptional human-being|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2006/12/07/news31.asp|newspaper=Daily News (Sri Lanka)|date=7 December 2006|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080503145405/http://www.dailynews.lk/2006/12/07/news31.asp|archivedate=3 May 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Sri Kantha|first=Sachi|title=Christie Jayaratnam Eliezer (1918-2001): A Conquering Scientist|url=http://www.sangam.org/2012/07/Prof_CJ_Eliezer.php|publisher=Ilankai Tamil Sangam}}</ref> |- | {{sortname|K.|Ganeshalingam}} | Mayor of Colombo (1996&ndash;1997) | style="text-align:center;" |<ref name=DN071206/><ref>{{cite news|last=Maniccavasgar|first=Chelvathamy|title=K Ganeshalingam's 74th birth anniversary: Multi-faceted and multi-dimensional personality|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2012/01/03/fea04.asp|newspaper=Daily News (Sri Lanka)|date=3 January 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130703022028/http://www.dailynews.lk/2012/01/03/fea04.asp|archivedate=3 July 2013}}</ref> |- | {{sortname|A.|Gnanathasan}} | Deputy Solicitor General (1999&ndash;2008) | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite news|title=A. Gnanathasan takes Silk as President's Counsel|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/03/05/news25.asp|newspaper=Daily News (Sri Lanka)|date=5 March 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090310043435/http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/03/05/news25.asp|archivedate=10 March 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Moral or professional standards of behaviour, principles|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/08/06/fea02.asp|newspaper=Daily News (Sri Lanka)|date=6 August 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090810004424/http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/08/06/fea02.asp|archivedate=10 August 2009}}</ref> |- | {{sortname|K.|Kanapathypillai}} | head – Department of Tamil University of Ceylon (1947&ndash;1965) | style="text-align:center;" |{{sfn|Arumugam|1997|p=75}} |- | {{sortname|Ian|Karan}} | Minister of Economic Affairs for Hamburg (2010&ndash;2011), Member of Senate of Hamburg | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite news|title=Senator Ian Kiru Karan Felicitated By His School|url=http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2011/03/13/senator-ian-kiru-karan-felicitated-by-his-school/|newspaper=The Sunday Leader|date=13 March 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Lankan born German Minister feted|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2011/03/15/news35.asp|newspaper=Daily News (Sri Lanka)|date=15 March 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110320040918/http://www.dailynews.lk/2011/03/15/news35.asp|archivedate=20 March 2011}}</ref> |- | {{sortname|C.|Loganathan}} | General Manager Bank of Ceylon (1953&ndash;1969) | style="text-align:center;" |<ref name=DN071206/>{{sfn|Arumugam|1997|p=93}} |- | {{sortname|Captain|Miller|Captain Miller (Tamil militant)}} (Vallipuram Vasanthan) | Member of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, first Black Tiger | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite news|title=Karumpuli Naal marked worldwide|url=http://www.tamilguardian.com/article.asp?articleid=15220|work=Tamil Guardian|date=5 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Pleven|first1=Liam|title=Secrets of their success (part 2)|url=http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/ny-wosri0719,0,990180.story?page=2&coll=ny-top-headlines|work=Newsday|date=19 July 2005|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001001755/http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/ny-wosri0719,0,990180.story?page=2&coll=ny-top-headlines|archivedate=1 October 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Hartley College Milestones|url=http://www.hartleycollege.com/hweb/milestones/|publisher=Hartley College|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081220172956/http://www.hartleycollege.com/hweb/milestones/|archivedate=20 December 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Vasanthan Vallipuram|url=http://www.hartleycollege.com/cgi-bin/hweb/form/more/all_info.cgi?SERIAL=478|publisher=Hartley College|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616230044/http://www.hartleycollege.com/cgi-bin/hweb/form/more/all_info.cgi?SERIAL=478|archivedate=2016-06-16}}</ref> |- | {{sortname|M.|Nadarajasundaram}} | dean – Management Studies and Commerce University of Jaffna (1999&ndash;2005) | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite news |last=Maniccavasagar |first=Chelvatamby |date=28 April 2010 |title=Governor's award for Professor Nadarajasundaram |url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2010/04/28/spo23.asp |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100704204235/http://www.dailynews.lk/2010/04/28/spo23.asp |archivedate=4 July 2010 |newspaper=Daily News (Sri Lanka)}}</ref> |- | {{sortname|P. B.|Premachandra}} | Air Vice Marshall Chief of staff Air Force (2006 &ndash; 2011) | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite news|last=Rajasingham|first=K. T.|title=There was never intentional killing of innocent Tamils – Air Vice Marshal (Retd.) Balasundaram Premachandra|url=http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2011/05/10/there-was-never-intentional-killing-innocent-tamils-air-vice-marshal-retd-balasundar|newspaper=Asian Tribune|date=11 May 2011}}</ref> |- | {{sortname|Annalingam|Premashankar}} | Judge of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka since 2025 | style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="AD-11M">{{Cite web |date=2025-03-11 |title=Three new Court of Appeal Justices sworn in |url=https://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=106482 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250311164030/https://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=106482 |archive-date=2025-03-11 |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=www.adaderana.lk |language=en}}</ref><ref name="NEM-11M">{{Cite web |date=2025-03-11 |title=Justice Premashankar appointed to Court of Appeal |url=https://www.northeasternmonitor.lk/2025/03/judge-premashankar-appointed-to-court.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250312082759/https://www.northeasternmonitor.lk/2025/03/judge-premashankar-appointed-to-court.html |archive-date=2025-03-12 |access-date=2025-03-12 |website=Northeastern Monitor}}</ref> |- | {{sortname|J. M.|Rajaratnam}} | Vice President Singer Company | style="text-align:center;" |{{sfn|Arumugam|1997|p=150}} |- | {{sortname|Rudra|Rajasingham}} | Inspector General of Police (1982&ndash;1985) | style="text-align:center;" |<ref name=SO271002/> |- | {{sortname|K. B.|Ratnayake}} | Speaker Parliament of Sri Lanka (1994&ndash;2000), Governor of Central Province (2001&ndash;2002) | style="text-align:center;" |<ref name=DN071206/><ref>{{cite news|title=K. B. Ratnayake dies at 80|url=http://archives.dailymirror.lk/2004/05/01/front/3.asp|newspaper=The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)|date=1 May 2004|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403091009/http://archives.dailymirror.lk/2004/05/01/front/3.asp|archivedate=3 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Personalities from the south nurtured in Jaffna|url=http://www.island.lk/2002/01/13/featur02.html|newspaper=The Island (Sri Lanka)|date=13 January 2002}}</ref> |- | {{sortname|Vaithilingam|Sornalingam}} | (aka Colonel Shankar) A member of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite journal|title=Death of a Tiger|journal=Frontline|date=13 October 2001|volume=18|issue=21|url=http://frontlineonnet.com/fl1821/18210570.htm|author=D. B. S. Jeyaraj|author-link=|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061021155443/http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl1821/18210570.htm|archivedate=21 October 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Tiger air wing founder worked for Air Canada|url=http://www.island.lk/2007/03/27/news2.html|newspaper=The Island (Sri Lanka)|date=27 March 2007}}</ref> |- | {{sortname|M.|Sivapalan}} | engineer, hydrologist, academic | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hoole|first1=Ratnajeevan|authorlink1=Ratnajeevan Hoole|title=Lessons from Prof. Sivapalan's Investiture at University of Illinois Urbana Champaign|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=123703|work=The Island (Sri Lanka)|date=27 April 2015}}</ref> |- | {{sortname|C. J. T.|Thamotheram}} | educationalist, founder Association of Commonwealth Teachers | style="text-align:center;" |{{sfn|Arumugam|1997|p=224}}<ref>{{cite web|title=One Hundred Tamils of the 20th Century: C.J.T.Thamotheram|url=http://tamilnation.co/hundredtamils/thamotheram.htm|publisher=Tamil Nation}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Thamotheram, social activist, passes away|url=http://wap.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=16231|work=TamilNet|date=1 November 2005|access-date=6 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630221428/http://wap.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=16231|archive-date=30 June 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | {{sortname|A.|Thurairajah}} | Vice-Chancellor University of Jaffna (1988&ndash;1994) | style="text-align:center;" |{{sfn|Arumugam|1997|p=233}} |- | {{sortname|A.|Veluppillai}} | academic, historian, author | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite book|last1=Schalk|first1=Peter|editor1-last=Schalk|editor1-first=Peter|editor2-last=Van Nahl|editor2-first=Ruth|title=The Tamils: From The Past To The Present : Celebratory Volume In Honour Of Professor Alvapillai Veluppillai At The Occasion Of His 75th Birthday|date=2011|publisher=Kumaran Book House|isbn=978-955-659-303-7|pages=13–32|url=http://www.profveluppillai.org/images/pdf/anniversary.pdf|chapter=Professor Alvapillai Veluppillai as Researcher and Teacher}}{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |- | {{sortname|Ratnasiri|Wickremanayake}} | Prime Minister (2000&ndash;2001, 2005&ndash;2010), member parliament – Horana (1960&ndash;1977), Kalutara (1994&ndash;2010) | style="text-align:center;" | |}

==See also== * List of schools in Northern Province, Sri Lanka

==Notes== {{Reflist|30em}}

==References== {{refbegin}} * {{cite book|last=Arumugam|first=S.|title=Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon|url=http://noolaham.net/project/19/1810/1810.pdf|year=1997}} {{refend}}

==External links== * {{URL|1=http://hartley.lk|2=hartley.lk}} * {{URL|1=http://www.hartleycollege.org/|2=www.hartleycollege.org}} * {{URL|1=http://www.hartleycollege.com/|2=www.hartleycollege.com}} * {{URL|1=http://www.hartley.lk/|2=www.hartley.lk}} * {{URL|1=http://www.hartleytrust.com/|2=Hartley College PPA Trust}}

Category:1838 establishments in Ceylon Category:Boys' schools in Sri Lanka Category:Educational institutions established in 1838 Category:Former Methodist schools in Sri Lanka Category:Provincial schools in Sri Lanka Category:Schools in Point Pedro Category:Wesleyan Methodist Mission of Ceylon (North) schools