Maitreya Education Project

School Gate

School Building

Girls in Class

Maitreya Education Project provides free education to village children from poor families in northern India and offers a unique curriculum emphasising ethical development as well as academic achievement.

A Universal Education pilot school with 500 pupils from kindergarten to Class 12 is already established in Bodhgaya, the place of the Buddha's enlightenment, in Bihar state. Further developments are planned for Bodhgaya, and also for Kushinagar in the state of Uttar Pradesh, that will include primary, secondary and vocational education.

Maitreya Education Project also plans to create other schools in Bodhgaya and Kushinagar that will emphasise Mahayana Buddhist philosophy and practice.