A Project to Develop Handicrafts Among Students

National Arts  Forum  coming under the Ministry of Industry and Commerce and  Ministry of Education in collaboration with the UNESCO inaugurated a handicrafts  project for school students yesterday. This was organized and chaired by the Chairperson, Heshini Bogollagama.  Minister  of Industry and Commerce Rishad Bathiudeen  and  Minister of  Education Akilaviraj Kariyawasam participated in the event. 4000 students have benefited from the project introduced during the last year (2016).

Cream of 800 students selected from 4,000 participated in yesterday’s event. In 112 institutions  island wide including  North and East training are now providing training to students in  handicrafts.