SAITM students to be transferred to KDU
Posted by Editor on February 22, 2018 - 3:33 pm
The government has decided to transfer students of South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) to the medical faculty of Sir John Kotelawala Defense University (KDU) after determination their basic qualifications, Presidential Media Unit said yesterday (21st Feb.).
The decision has been made at a meeting held with the President at the Presidential Secretariat last evening.
The Attorney General, the Vice Chancellor of the KDU, Dean of the KDU Medical Faculty, and Chairman of the University Grants Commission has taken part in the discussion.
Accordingly, 1,000 students who are currently studying at SAITM will be transferred to KDU as per their basic qualifications, it is reported.
(Government News Portal)
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This is a dodgy decision.
It says ‘1,000 students who are currently studying at SAITM will be transferred to KDU as per their basic qualifications’. What are these ‘Basic Qualifications’?
Will parents of SAITM students be required to bribe someone to transfer their children to KDU?