Free footwear for 648,151 rural schoolchildren
View(s):Cabinet this week approved a proposal submitted by Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam to provide gift vouchers for shoes for 648,151 schoolchildren in rural areas and living under difficult conditions, for which Rs 853 million has been allocated.
The Cabinet nod was in consequence to the success of this project introduced last year, to protect the Educational rights of low-income schoolchildren and encourage them to continue schooling, despite hardships faced by their families.
The Ministry of Education (MoE) has identified 648,151 economically underprivileged schoolchildren in government schools. Under this initiative, schoolchildren in very difficult situations, from 4,469 schools, will be gifted shoes.