Udupiddy American Mission College

Udupiddy American Mission College (Tamil: உடுப்பிட்டி அமெரிக்கன் மிஷன் கல்லூரி Uṭuppiṭṭi Amerikkaṉ Micaṉ Kallūri) is a national school in Udupiddy, Sri Lanka.^[1][2] It was founded on 4 January 1852 by American Ceylon Mission.^[3][4]

Udupiddy A.M.C. உடுப்பிட்டி அமெரிக்கன் மிஷன் கல்லூரி
Location
Udupiddy, Northern Province Sri Lanka
Coordinates	9°48′20.20″N 80°09′55.60″E
Information
School type	Public provincial 1AB
Motto	Light dispels Darkness (ஒளி இருளை அகற்றும்)
Religious affiliation	Hinduism, Christianity
Founded	1852: 171 years ago
Founder	British American Missionary
School district	Vadamarachchi Education Zone, Jaffna District
Authority	Northern Provincial Council
Authorizer	Government
School number	1008003
Principal	Mr. Puspakaran Deputy Principal= Mr. Uthayamoorthy
Head teacher	Mrs. Sivaranjini Sachithananthamoorthy
Staff	70+
Teaching staff	65+
Employees	3
Grades	1-13
Gender	Boys (girls in Advanced level)
Age	5 to 19
School roll	1200+
Classes	Primary- 2prl/cls, Secondary- 3prl/cls, Tertiary- 4prl/cls
Average class size	contain 35 students
Language	Tamil, English
Hours in school day	6 hours
Classrooms	36
Houses	Newton 🟨, Bicknel🟦, Sellaia🟩, Brown🟥
Slogan	This is our school. Make me proud of it. It makes proud of me.
Song	வாழிய வாழிய வாழியவே உடுப்பிட்டி அமெரிக்கன் மிஷன் கல்லூரி....
Athletics	Annual Sports day
Sports	Cricket, Foot ball, Volleyball etc
Nickname	A.M.C
USNWR ranking	high
Publication	Torso (Article published by science stream students)
School fees	free

It was started in 1852. In 2021, it became a national school from a provincial school. It is 25th oldest school in Sri Lanka.

Chandraheskarampillai Packiyachandram alias Sivarasan, who was a key conspirator in the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, studied here until he had to drop out after the death of his father who taught at Udupiddy American Mission College.

Principals

1. Mr. O. S. Good - 1852
2. Mr. S. K. Rasiah - 1932 to 1938
3. Mr. K. T. John - 1939 to 1956
4. Mr. S. S. Selvadurai - 1956 to 1971
5. Mr. Robert Navaratnam - 1971 to
6. Mr. K. Sithamparappillai
7. Mr. V. T. Selvaratnam
8. Mr. N. Anantharaj
9. Mr. S. Thilaimpalan
10. Mr. K. Nadarajah
11. Mr. K. Tharmalingam
12. Mr. S.Krishnakumar - 2012 to 2020
13. Mr. Puvanenthirarajah - 2021 to 2022
14. Mr. Selvavinayakam- 2022
15. Mr. Pushpakaran- 2023- now

Notable alumni

Name	Notability	Reference
Prof. A. Thurairajah	2nd Vice-Chancellor of the University of Jaffna
Prof. S. Srisatkunarajah	Former Dean of Faculty of Science, First Dean of Faculty of Technology, University of Jaffna
Kandiah Neelakandan	Lawyer, Former Chief editor of the Bar Association Law Journal, Former President - All Ceylon Hindu Congress
P. Sriskandarajah	Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon
T. Ramalingam	Member of the Ceylonese Parliament for Point Pedro
Kamalakkannan Kamalavasakan	Island first rank G.C.E A/L 2012 for Physical science
A. Arulpiragasam	First Commissioner of Elections (1955–57), Sri Lanka.

See also

• List of schools in Northern Province, Sri Lanka