College History at a glance
Year | Event |
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1820 | Rev. Miron Winslow and Ms. Harriet Winslow gain a glimpse of their future home |
1823 | Decision to have the 'Female Central School' at Oodooville |
1824 | Uduvil Girls' College, the oldest girls' boarding school in Asia founded, with Ms. Harriet Winslow as its first Principal. |
1832 | Sixty on roll. |
1835 | A little English included in the course of study, Astronomy was introduced to combat superstition! |
1839 | Ms. Eliza Agnew succeeds Ms. Harriet Winslow as Principal. |
1840 | A hundred students on roll. |
1874 | Jubilee Meeting, over 300 Old Girls present with gifts of jewels diamond earrings, necklaces etc. to make Uduvil an endowed college. |
1880 | Ms. Susan Howland succeeds Ms. Eliza Agnew as Principal. A new set of classrooms dedicated. |
1883 | The whole school gathers for the first time in the new hall. |
1885 | The first girls' training school in the North started by the Leitch sisters. |
1886 | The inauguration of the first Christian Endeavour Society in Asia. A picnic for the whole school provided in 23 carts! |
1897 | The English school formally launched. |
1899 | Calcutta Entrance Examination introduced. |
1903 | The first Student Council meets. |
1906 | The first Cambridge class is formed. |
1910 | A sick room with a school nurse provided. |
1911 | Ms. Lulu Bookwalter succeeds Ms. Susan Howland as Principal. |
1914 | The library is gifted by Dr. T. B. Scott. Senior Cambridge classes organized. |
1915 | Ms. J. H. Dickson and Ms. Mary Paul Fry start the Kindergarten -the first in the North. Ms. Freda Hacker takes charge of Western Music. |
1916 | Student Christian Association formed. Art Department opened. Rhetoricals introduced. |
1917 | Ms. Lucy K. Clark, a trained Kindergarten teacher takes charge of the Kindergarten. |
1919 | A two storied row of six modern classrooms built. For the first time, two students of the school enter University. |
1920 | Alumnae Association founded. A new dormitory opened - McLaughlin House. |
1921 | Eliathamby House for 'Under 10' opened. Girl Guide Company formed. Country Dancing introduced. School Band started. |
1922 | Teachers' Forum constituted. Tennis Club formed. First model Kindergarten in the North built. |
1923 | Domestic Science introduced. |
1924 | Domestic Science Cottage opened. |
1925 | Centenary celebrations. First Netball team plays Kandy High School. |
1926 | Ms. Iswariam Rajadurai takes charge of Indian Dancing and Veena lessons. |
1927 | First school magazine in print. |
1936 | Lewis Bookwalter House opened for Senior girls. |
1937 | Bookwalter Silver Jubilee celebrations. |
1940 | Uduvil installs own electricity supply. |
1941 | Ms. Ariam Hudson Paramasamy succeeds Ms. Lulu Bookwalter as Principal. Students from Uduvil Girls' College enter the Medical faculty of the Ceylon University for the first time. |
1944 | The first All-Island Bible School organized by Rev. Dr. D, T. Niles. |
1945 | Uduvil accepts free education. |
1947 | G.C.E. A/L classes started- school upgraded. Uduvil hosts a public reception to felicitate the first Bishop of the Jaffna Diocese of the Church of South India (JDCSI)- Rt. Rev. Dr. S. Kulandran. |
1950 | 125th Anniversary celebrated. A special train to Jaffna for the first time! The tourist saloon bearing the name "Uduvil Special, 125th Anniversary" arrives bringing the PPA, Colombo Branch. Visit of Sri Lanka's first Prime Minister- Rt. Hon. D. S. Senanayake. |
1951 | Dedication of the Chapel. |
1953 | Electricity and pipe borne water supplied to the whole school and modern sanitary facilities provided to the hostel. Boundary wall around the school completed. |
1985 | Lower school building remodeled and a new block opened, Dwight House added. Arrival of "Ripples" the College van. |
1960 | Uduvil Girls' College opts to be a private, non-fee levying school. |
1969 | Opening of the Bookwalter Memorial Administration Block. |
1970 | Ms. Saraswathy Somasundaram succeeds Ms. Ariam Paramasamy as Principal. |
1971 | Secretarial Studies introduced. |
1973 | Launching of short term programmes for high school students from the United States. |
1974 | Silver Jubilee celebration. Opening of the rebuilt Jubilee Hall by Dr. Telfer Mooke (Asia Secretary, UCBWM). Redesigning and expansion of school library. |
1976 | Christopher van Hollen, US Ambassador to Sri Lanka visits the school and lays a wreath on the grave of Ms. Harriet Winslow. Ms. Joann Snider, new missionary, arrives at Uduvil in September. |
1977 | The school presents the first candidate for the Chamber of Commerce Examination. French classes begin with 32 students. Ms. Helen Meisner arrives as the Missionary for the Kindergarten. |
1978 | Uduvilites sit for the first French Examination. |
1979 | Dr. Robert Holmes and Ms. Frances Holmes take up residence at Uduvil. |
1980 | A new Activity Reading Room for the Kindergarten Department. |
1981 | Opening of the Ariam Hudson Paramasamy Memorial Hostel. The school is registered as a centre for the London Pitman's Examinations. Mr. and Mrs. Knolls arrive at Uduvil to work in Killinochchi. |
1982 | Dr. C. V. Selliah succeeds Ms. Saraswathy Somasundaram as Principal. |
1983 | Uduvil opens her portals for refugees. Number on roll soars. Further Education Programme initiated for school leavers. |
1985 | Susan Howland Block opened for the Primary School. The school wins first place in Folk Dancing and Carnatic Singing. |
1986 | American Ambassador visits Uduvil again. Uduvil shines in A-Level results - first place in the Commerce section island-wide. The school participates and wins first place at the Shakespeare Contest. |
1988 | Uduvil gets computerized! Computer is introduced in the secondary school. One man theatre given pride of place. |
1991 | Celebrating 175 years of Missionary arrival in Jaffna. |
1999 | Uduvil celebrates its 175th year - festivities extend to PPA branches in Colombo, Melbourne, Sydney, and Canada. |
2001 | Opening of the Harriet Winslow Memorial Science Block by visiting Trustees of Jaffna College Funds. Visit of the American Ambassador H. E. Ashley Wills. Opening of the Gender Resource Centre by H. E. Ruth Archibald, Canadian High Commissioner. Arrival of Ms. Grace Bunker, Missionary. |
2002 | A Basketball court is opened in the school. Service of Remembrance held for the lives of Dr. Robert Holmes and Ms. Frances Holmes. |
2003 | The Primary School gets a new look. |
2004 | The Netball U.17 team reaches the finals of the National Level Competition. |
2005 | Ms. Shiranee Mills succeeds Dr. C. V. Selliah as Principal. Basketball played at National Level for the first time. Senior Poetic Shakespeare Drama - Provincial Champions - a first. First place and Gold medalist at the National Level individual Oriental Dance. Junior laboratory established. Uduvil bids sad goodbye to Ms. Grace Bunker, Missionary. |
2006 | G. C. E. Advanced Level Examination results - seven 3As. Badminton and Basketball Provincial Champions. Winner at National Level in Basketball. Arrival of Ms. Jane Cook, Missionary. Uduvil Girls’ College, proud to host the South Asian Countries Girls’ Brigade Camp. Entrance of the first batch of students into the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Jaffna. |
2007 | Netball team Provincial Champions. Hockey team Provincial Champions. Cricket team Provincial Champions. Arrival of Ms. Amanda Campeau, Missionary. |
2008 | The first Medical Graduates from Uduvil Girls’ College. Uduvil Girls’ College, the only school to offer A/L subjects in Commerce with Accountancy, Law and Economics in Northern Province. |
2010 | The yearlong celebration of the School’s 185th year begins. Three A/L students placed in the District Merit List. First in Volleyball at Zonal Level. First in Badminton at Zonal Level. Arrival of Ms. Sarah Godwin, Missionary. |
2011 | First in Netball at Zonal Level. National Level Prize winner in Art Competition. Volleyball and Netball teams placed in District Merit List. Arrival of Ms. Eileen Gerber, Missionary. |
2012 | The new three-storied classroom building opened. The first in Badminton at District Level. Second in Netball at Zonal Level. Arrival of Ms. Rachel Babcock, Missionary. |
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2023 | Miss Rosana Mathuramathy Kulendran succeeds Dr.Mrs Suneetha Jebaratnam as principal |