by Janith Aranze The academics who submitted their resignation letters over 3 months ago, decided to call off their trade union action last week and are still waiting for new letters of appointment from the Vice-Chancellors. Spokesman for the FUTA, Dr. Mahim Mendis, has said that if the academics withdraw their resignation letters it will [...]
By O. G. Dayaratne (Phd) The Government has seemingly decided to embark on further liberalising the higher education sector along a patchwork process commenced in 1978, getting the private sector to provide higher education. As has been argued, universities must play a dual role in their mission: creation and dissemination of knowledge as the primary [...]
The Holy Family Convent (HFC) in Bambalapitiya is not just another leading school noted for producing top sports champions, major corporate and public sector professionals and a girls’ school that everyone wants their children to attend, but today, an unspoken achievement is the fact that they have charitable hearts. The school has a programme called [...]
Vice Chancellor of the Ruhuna University, Prof. Susirith Mendis was assaulted by a group of students this morning. Mendis was later admitted to the Matara Hospital with head injuries sustained during the attack. According to the police the Vice Chancellor was assaulted by a group of students when he had tried to intervene and settle [...]
Courts have rejected the bail application presented to court to secure the release of the 21 university students arrested by the police last Thursday (14). Colombo Chief Magistrate Rashmi Singappuli has rejected the bail application to secure the release of the university students. The 21 university students were arrested by the police last week after [...]
By Nirmala Kannangara The Inter University Student’s Federation (IUSF) is challenging Vice Chancellor, Sri Jayewardenepura University, L.N.A. Karunaratne to take legal action against the student’s federation if they have fabricated the ‘Virginity Test’ story as claimed by him. Convener, IUSF, Udul Premaratne queried why the Vice Chancellor (VC) does not go before court if the [...]
The government is considering the option of shifting the Grade 5 scholarship examination to Grade 7 to reduce undue pressure on students. Education Minister Bandula Gunawardena has said that medical experts who have attended the parliamentary consultative committee meeting of the Education Ministry have said that the Grade 5 scholarship examination placed an undue burden [...]
By Abdul H. Azeez The students of the Omanthai Central College may have to celebrate the centenary of their school in temporary structures built on the side of the A9. The Omanthai Central College is a large facility. It has a sports ground, several buildings and even a hostel. With the conflict over and a [...]
Six Female Students Sent For Virginity Test By Ranee Mohamed Students of the Sri Jayewardenepura University claim that the Vice Chancellor, N. L. A. Karunaratne sent six girls for a virginity test. They say that the Vice Chancellor’s phobias are making their campus life miserable. “The girls were talking to boys on August 25 at about 6.30 p.m. as [...]
The Holy Quran states: ‘O ye who believe, fasting is prescribed for you during a fixed number of days as it was prescribed for those before you, so that you may safeguard yourselves against every kind of ill and become righteous.’ ‘The month of Ramadhan is the month in which the Quran began to be [...]
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