Sambuddhatva Jayanthi:

Govt to develop Dhamma schools

Nadira GUNATILLEKE

The government will develop 2,600 underdeveloped Dhamma schools in view of the 2600th Sambuddhatva Jayanthi, Media Minister and Cabinet Spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella said.

He was addressing the weekly Cabinet press briefing at the Government Information Department Auditorium on Thursday. Minister Rambukwella said that the Cabinet on the recommendation of Prime Minister D M Jayaratne as Buddhasasana and Religious Affairs Minister has decided to develop 2,600 underdeveloped Dhamma schools throughout the country, in keeping with the Sambuddhathva Jayanthi celebration in 2011. Rs 150,000 is to be spent on each Dhamma school.