– The Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education, The Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya.
Pirivena education has a long history and the priests have to perform a special duty while preserving that history and tradition. It is necessary to create such a Pirivena education in order to do that duty properly, said The Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education.
The Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education, The Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya stated this while participating in the function held at the Ministry of Education, Isurupaya, Battaramulla on 30th 0f July to present appointment letters to new Pirivena teachers approved by the 203rd Pirivena Education Board.
The appointment letters were presented to 273 Pirivena teachers at this occasion.
Expressing ideas at this occasion The Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education, The Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya said,
“Today our priests have an extraordinary undertaking within the Buddhist religion. As well as that enormous service, the traditional duty that has been performing conventionally, today we have been exposed to the world. The entire world is vigilant on the Buddhist teachings, philosophy and the content of it.
Therefore, our priests must be connected with the world. Within the contemporary changes and social and economic conditions happening in the world, the present task of Buddhism is very special and essential more than any other time.
Within that context, we have to think carefully about what kind of teachers and what type of Pirivena education we must create and also while our history and traditions are preserved, we must be prepared for the special ventures vested on the priests.
All of Honorable you have a special challenge. Not only teaching, creating a generation of monks who protect the Buddhism is a special undertaking. Not only educating the practicality, discipline and commands present in the Buddhist philosophy, it must be proved through our personal behavior. There, you all have a great responsibility gone beyond the knowledge and education.
Our education system presently having a considerable discussion and at the time we are going to turn into a new reform, it is necessary to have a dialogue and discussion about how we integrate Pirivena education with it, The Prime Minister said.
The congregation of priests including the Director of Pirivena Education Rev. Royal Pandit Dr. Kumbalgoda Dhammaloka Thero and a team of officers including the Secretary of the Ministry of Education Mr. Nalaka Kaluwewa participated in this occasion.
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