Country’s University education blossoming – President
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Education is the major resource while knowledge is the main weapon, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday. The future of the country is with the younger generation especially with the university students, the President said.
The President was addressing a gathering at the Eastern University, Batticaloa, yesterday when he unveiled the Zoology block and the renovated auditorium at the Eastern University.
University education in the North and East was hampered by the LTTE terrorism. As a result of terrorism, the stage of the main auditorium of the Eastern University was blasted, the President said.
Allocations made for higher education and the uplift of the university were not properly utilized during the terror period. Most of the members of the academic staff of the university left the country owing to the reign of terror. After liberating the country from the clutches of terrorism, the government took steps to uplift university education to meet present day requirements, the President said.
Now the university system is blossoming. New undergraduate courses have been introduced for the first time to university education. A professor will be attached to the medical faculty of the Eastern University. Cabinet approval has been granted for this. The entire university education will be subjected to radical change soon in order to meet the country’s requirements and of society. The graduate should be job oriented and equipped to take up any challenge in the competitive environment, the President added. He said a graduate should be a person of quality, equipped with multiple skills and capable of taking the country forward, the President noted. “The academic staff should also be dedicated to create a capable student community enriched with knowledge and skills.
New experiments have to be carried out at universities. In the final outcome our universities have to match the universities of world ranking”, the President said.
Courtesy: Daily News
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Mr.President,
University administration has now been politicized. Council is appointed by political authority. And then vice chancellor is appointed by you.
Please release university administration from politics.
The University system has blossomed into the World’s most attractive rubbish bin under the leadership of Hon SB Dissanayake.
Current rankings of Universities in Sri Lanka available in the following:
http://www. webometrics.info /en/Asia/Sri%20Lanka
Oh Chandini,
Thank you for the lovely statistic. I am shocked to learn that our Universities are in the doldrums. Look at the following rankings on a waorldwide scale:
University of Colombo ; Ranks 1883
University of Moratuwa: Rank 1970
University of Ruhuna; Rank 2618
University of Peradeniya : Rank 2711
University of Sri Jayewardenepura : 3198
University of Kelaniya : 3430
Open University of Sri Lanka : 5829
University of Jaffna : 5976
Sabaragamuwa University : 9637
Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology : 10044
Wayamba University of Sri Lanka : 11322
Eastern University of Sri Lanka : 11670
National Institute of Education Sri Lanka : 11799
Arthur C Clarke Institute of Modern Technologies : 12812
Rajarata University : 13494
South Eastern University of Sri Lanka : 14638
Lanka Institute of Architects : 14957
General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University : 15438
Uva Wellassa University : 15357
Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture : 15476
As a hardworking taxpayer who pays taxes in accordance with the law, I have haded over the responsibility of providing education to the younger generation to Hon SB Dissanayake. I am shocked beyong belief at his performance.
Ranking almost depends on publishing in journals.
How a vice chancellor without a single publication does promote research in the university ?
Copy the name of vice chancellor and paste in goggle scholar, you can see his/her publications in journals. Most of them have published nothing or not published well but help to political authority to appoint another politically backed staff and achieve political targets.
Most of UGC chairmen and vice chancellors have been appointed based on relationship with politicians.
Then how do we make Sri Lanka a hub of knowledge by appointing this political henchmen in key positions.