page_title: Batticaloa
section_title: Educational institutions
hierarchical_section_title: Batticaloa / Educational institutions
caption_attribution_description: English: Wesleyan Mission-Chapel and School-Rooms, Battticaloa, Ceylon (VII, p.54, May 1850)
context_page_description: Batticaloa is a major city in the Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, and its former capital. It is the administrative capital of the Batticaloa District. The city is the seat of the Eastern University of Sri Lanka and is a major commercial city. It is on the east coast, 111 kilometres south of Trincomalee, and is situated on an island. Pasikudah is popular tourist destinations situated 35 km northwest with beaches and flat year-round warm-water shallow-lagoons.
context_section_description: The first educational institution established in Batticaloa was Methodist Central College, founded in 1814 by the Weslyan Methodist William Ault. Other noteworthy institutions are: Sivananda Vidyalayam, Hindu College, St. Michael's College, Batticaloa, St. Cecilia's Girls' College and Vincent Girls' High School,.
  The Eastern University, Sri Lanka (EUSL), located in Vantharumoolai 16 km north of Batticaloa, was founded in 1980. Its development has been interrupted by the civil war. It is the cultural and economic focal point of the district of Batticaloa and extends its influence towards Trincomalee as well. Batticaloa Regional centre of Open University of Sri Lanka is another education resource of Batticaloa.
caption: Wesleyan Mission-Chapel and School-Rooms, Battticaloa, Ceylon (1850)[23]
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