Mahinda Rajapakse College was opened on the 17th of February 2013 by the former President Mahinda Rajapakse, is not only a school limited to the Southern Province but also to the whole country. The school was an innovative gift to the students of the whole country offering them a fresh and novel experience in the school system in Sri Lanka. Mahinda Rajapakse College presently has the capacity for more than 2000 students, 100 teachers. MRCM offers education from grades 6 to 13 with an A/L section with Arts, Commerce, Maths, Science and Technical streams. It is a place where the lives of the students are developed qualitatively with the intention of producing better citizens to the whole country.