 Jayatilaka.With Olcott's initiative and guidance, the Theosophists identified that a major factor for the decline of Sinhala Buddhists was the lack of proper education facilities and the best solution was to make available educational institutes with a solid Buddhist religious background.It was under this theory that foundations were laid to the beginning of the "Buddhist Schools" in Sri Lanka, which include the likes of Mahinda College in Galle, Dharmaraja College in Kandy, Ananda College in Colombo and Maliyadeva College in Kurunegala.