Office of the Cabinet of Ministers
Implementation of the programme to provide an allowance to school children to obtain school stationery in 2026 as well
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Steps have been taken in the year 2025 to provide an allowance of Rs.6,000/- per child for school stationery for children from the families entitled to Aswesuma through the Welfare Benefits Board and to pay an allowance of 6,000/-per child for the students studying in schools with less than 300 students across the island who are not included in the Aswasuma Program but are entitled to the allowance, lay and monastic students studying in Pirivena and Seelamatha monasteries, and students in schools in Child Development Centres through the Ministry of Education, Higher Education, and Professional Education. Accordingly, the Cabinet of Ministers has approved the proposal presented by the Hon. Prime Minister in her Capacity as the Minister of Education, Higher Education, and Professional Education to implement the said programme in the year 2026 as well.
