Buddhism Online reported in Colombo: Jan 04,
2012,Sri Lanka Ministry of
Higher Education has taken steps to provide the military leadership
training to all new entrants to the universities including the monk
students this year, Director General of Student
Affairs of the Ministry Keerthi Mawellage said.
Accordingly,
the student monks that are to be entered to two Buddhist monks'
universities are also to be provided with the leadership training. The
two universities, Homagama Pali and Buddhist University and the
Buddhasravaka Dharma Faculty of Anuradhapura will take 500 student monks
this year.
The Minister of Higher Education S.B. Dissanayaka
has already held two rounds of discussions in this regard with the chief
monks of these universities and another discussion is due on January
16, say the Ministry sources.
The Ministry has also taken
measures to provide the leadership training also to the late admitting
students of the universities this year. Ministry sources say that around
4,000 such students missed the leadership training last year.
Editor:gaoli