Shop Registration for Government Shoe Project

by guruwaraya.lk on December 16, 2025 in Announcement

Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education is taking steps to implement the Programme of granting Gift Vouchers to selected school children, lay and ordained students of Pirivenas and Sil Mathas to obtain a pair of footwear this year too with the objective of encouraging students to receive 13 years of continuous education ensuring equal opportunity in education.

Gift Vouchers to obtain a pair of school footwear to students in schools below 250 students, plantation schools below 500 students, children of schools of special needs, lay and ordained students of Pirivenas and Sil Mathas will be granted throughout the island under this programme.

A pilot project is implemented for the selected schools in the Western and Southern provinces under the same criteria and the local footwear manufacturers who are registered with the Ministry of Industries and Entrepreneurship Development will visit the relevant schools and give these students quality footwear in the market.

It is not possible to obtain footwear from other dealers other than the local footwear manufacturers who are visiting these schools for the Gift Vouchers issued to the students under the implementation of this pilot project.

Gift Vouchers with a value of Rs. 3,000.00 will be issued to students of other provinces, and footwear may be purchased from registered dealers as in the past.

Only the representatives proposed to the Ministry of Education, Higher education and Vocational Education identified by the relevant footwear manufacturing institutions may register for obtaining the relevant footwear for the Gift Vouchers of the students of Western and Southern Provinces where this pilot project is being implemented.

Dealers in any province has the opportunity to sell school footwear by confirming the registration by making a payment of Rs. 1,500.00 by downloading the "Thilinapath" Android Application by visiting "Shoe Project" through your mobile phone by following the instructions given below to students purchasing footwear with Gift Vouchers in other provinces other than in the provinces where the pilot project is being implemented.

Information required for Registration ....

Business registration Certificate
Information of Bank Account opened in the name of registered business / owner of the business
Telephone Number used for the use of this application
Further information may be obtained by visiting the relevant application
May get the confirmation of registration by paying Rs. 1,500.00 after downloading the "Thilinapath" Android by visiting the Play Store through your mobile telephone.
Registered dealers are entitled to download the computer application and with that application only facilities are made available to sell footwear for Gift Vouchers through scanning the QR Code mentioned in the Gift Vouchers.
Accordingly, It is mandatory that every dealer registering through this method has a smart phone for scanning the QR Code in the Gift Vouchers.
It is mandatory to ensure the validity of the Gift Vouchers given to the buyers for the purchase of footwear by the dealer. Ministry will provide all instructions and details to the registered suppliers.
Value of the Gift Vouchers relevant to the footwear supplied by you will be directly transferred to your bank account every two weeks.
Payments will not be made under any circumstance for the Gift Vouchers not scanned.