President agrees to appoint Competent Authority to Pali and Buddhist Uni

 President Ranil Wickremesinghe has  agreed with a proposal from the  Sangha Committee to appoint a competent authority to the Pali and Buddhist University.

He also emphasized that he will take immediate steps to make it the center of international Buddhist studies.

President Wickremesinghe held a special discussion with the Ven. Nayaka Theras of the Sangha Committee of the Malwathu and  Asgiri Chapters at the President’s House in Kandy today evening where they discussed about the Pali and Buddhist University as well.

The President pointed out that the necessary rules will be changed to ensure the monks of the Pali and Buddhist University will obey the discipline of the respective sects in addition to the institutional discipline .

The President emphasized that the proposal made by the Ven. Nayaka Theras of the Malwathu-Asgiri Sangha Committee on the necessity of a quality restructuring of Piriven education must definitely be implemented.