Implementation of the “Introduction of “Mindfulness” for School Students” Programme was approved by the Cabinet of Ministers on 12.12.2022 with the aim of relieving the stress that occurs in the minds of school students and making them calm. Currently, this program has been successfully implemented in almost every school in the island for more than a year’.
The Cabinet of Ministers approved the proposal presented by the Minister of Education to celebrate the day after the Vesak Full Moon Poya day as the National “Mindfulness Day” every year as a further step in the program, and to implement the program “A Mindful Country through the Vesak week” annually in conjunction with the Vesak week,and to hold the International Mindfulness Conference at the beginning of May every year from 2024.
