Founding
In Matara at the beginning of 20th century, there was a large population of Buddhists, and English education was the fashion. The Matara Buddhist Society took a main role in providing that English education. The energetic co-Secretary of the Society, Mr. Vilmot P. Wijethunga, proposed the necessity of an English education institute as a thought. As a result, Dr. V.D. Gunarathna had taken a main role to establishing that proposal.C.A. Ariyathilake, second son of Matara's leading businessman C.A. Odiris de Silva, donated the present land to the establishment of the school to the government.
On 1929 May full moon Poya day, the school was inaugurated with Mr.V.D. Gunarathna, who was the president of the Matara Buddhist Society, as the director.
At the start Sujatha Vidyalaya was a mere sapling of a school when compared to what it has grown to today. In the 70 years since its inception, it has become one of the leading girls schools in the south of the country.
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