Welivitiye Punnasara Thero
The most venerable Welivitiye Punnasara Thero, the late Chief Incumbent of Vidyaloka Vihara, Galle & Pirivena, founded the Vidyaloka College with the bare objective of providing the children of poor mass, especially of Galle and suburbs, with English education.
Such children having no access to the available leading schools in Galle touched the heart of the Venerable Sir and his compassion on them led foundation to the start of a new English College, Vidyaloka, thanks to his benevolence.
His great vision to create a society with values and proper conduct through a Buddhist environment gave birth to the school.
MR H.W.AMARASURIYA
From the day the school was started until the day it was taken over by the government, he used his personal wealth to buy this small plot of land of about two acres and construct buildings annually. W. It is no secret that Mr. Amarasuriya was one of the first gods to awaken the world of science.