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Pali Language
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Government is setting-up plans to establish a Pali Language Development Authority.
The matter was taken in to discussion at the 2600 Sri Sambuddhathwa Jayanthi President’s Committee meeting held under the patronage of Prime Minister D. M. Jayaratne.
The necessity to include Pali language into the national school education curriculum was also discussed at the meeting. Currently only the Buddhist monastic colleges are conducting Pali language courses. Consequently, the main objective of establishing a Pali Language Development Authority is to include Pali Language studies into other national education curriculum as well.
Sri Sambuddhathwa Jayanthi committee points out that it is imperative to safeguard the Pali language to protect Theravada Buddhism. Therefore, the committee reiterated that a Pali language development programme should be swiftly initiated.
Although there are nearly 700 Buddhist monastic colleges in the country, only the prominent institutions provide the necessary attention to Pali language studies. The committee further pointed out that Sri Lanka is a nation that hails at the world stage in the Pali language studies and therefore it is timely to protect and uphold that position.
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