Sri Punyarathana Dhamma School

The staff consists of 18 teachers where 7 of them are holding bachelor's degree holders in various fields such as Computer Science, Arts, Languages, Buddhism etc. The principal was a teacher and the former principal of Miriswatta Maha Vidyalaya government school, Miriswatta, Bentota before his retirement in 1998. He had obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Kelaniya. The assistant principal Uhan Owita Nagitha finished his Bachelor of Arts degree in 2008.

The problems the Dhamma school face are as follows. Due to the educational standards of the Dhamma school and the discipline constructed with well-understanding of the morals, the number of students who enter the Dhamma school increases every year. The temple rarely gets a funding from the government resulting a drop of facilities for the students. Since income of the families in the area is not equally distributed, the school takes no fee from the students. Classes are held in outdoor environment which pleases the students because of the natural Surroundings, but the classes have to be stopped whenever there is rain. Furthermore, the number of students are higher than the number of chairs and desks available. This results in a problem for the students to continue their studies. The available building facilities is not enough for the students. There are knowledgeable people with educational qualifications to teach Computer Science, Information Technology, even though there is neither a computer nor the required facilities.

Due to high competition for available seats in Universities, students from grade 11 tends to leave the Dhamma school to participate in tuition classes required for the school curriculum.^[1] When it comes to grade 12, students tend to omit the final examination resulting a waste of 11 years of Dhamma education. The competition to enter the universities can lead the students to a situation where they undergo anxiety and fear. Most of the Dhamma school teachers consider this as a social problem.