No students, no lectures

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By Gandhya Senanayake

The Engineering faculty of the University of Peradeniya was closed indefinitely until further notice as students were not attending lectures, Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof. S.B.S.Abayakoon told Daily Mirror online.

He added that there was an attendance requirement for students and that it was not being met. The students who do not meet the relevant attendance criteria cannot sit for the exams and the authority closed the faculty as a precautionary measure.

Students in the relevant university hostels have also being notified to leave the premises, Prof. Abayakoon said. (Daily Mirror online)

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Comments - 38

Holman Thursday, 14 October 2010 09:29 AM

Sack all the trouble makers.

Lam Thursday, 14 October 2010 07:59 AM

NDT should not be there it is technical college course and should be placed at Maradana Technical college to avoid this kind of clashes

Lam Thursday, 14 October 2010 08:01 AM

go and see which university has zero unemployment graduate

ind Thursday, 14 October 2010 08:09 AM

Select the next in the line !!!

Rizwan Thursday, 14 October 2010 08:10 AM

May be all the students left to see Commonwealth games..better keep close till next week

Dinga Thursday, 14 October 2010 08:25 AM

Pivate Universities are coming - No problem for them to enter

sham Thursday, 14 October 2010 08:41 AM

In Sri lanka everything is like this...
ha ha ha.......

KIERTHY Thursday, 14 October 2010 08:50 AM

Many of comenters not gone even to AL level.

akilan Thursday, 14 October 2010 09:05 AM

I left the country in 1989 because I couldn't complete my studies at Pera. University was closed for more than two years. They guys who initiate the strikes are mainly the ones who don't do well in their studies and they look for an excuse to miss their lectures.

Riz-G Thursday, 14 October 2010 09:10 AM

Seems the authorities are unaware of the Commonwealth. These students has left to India to see the games...... Can re-open on coming week

Gamaya Thursday, 14 October 2010 07:55 AM

Rajapaksha's have not been there, so no control.

kariyawasam Thursday, 14 October 2010 09:36 AM

What I heard from various sources that these students are on continous strike until one of their students who was arrested recently by the police, after hooting at SB????

Saman/ Thursday, 14 October 2010 09:50 AM

As Long As JVP is there Problems will rise day by day,Pls let our children study without Politics of Dirty JVP

pera Thursday, 14 October 2010 10:01 AM

i you are talking about engineering faculty peradeniya engineering grads also records zero unemployment record and score 100 in employment but moratuwa other wise

Plain Talking Thursday, 14 October 2010 10:15 AM

What a waste of tax payers and parents money. There is no doubt that JVP ugly cat paw is behind this. Engineering is not an easy degree to achieve and the students need to attend lectures and lab work and maintain contact with tutorial staff as much as possible. If they boycott the lectures to force academic standard to lower, they are very much misguided and will learn in a hard way when they get out of the uni.

Oyage sudu kella Thursday, 14 October 2010 10:55 AM

Aiyo.. this is why we need private unis aney.

dar Thursday, 14 October 2010 03:05 PM

Do you think other university studenst attend lects, there may be one or two who pass like that but not all

dn Friday, 15 October 2010 04:15 AM

Y any do nt understand trs a problm????? uni studnts r nt crazy people to shout without any real reason.....admin f d uni n minstr f edcton hv 2 solve tz things

TDDC Friday, 15 October 2010 06:09 AM

The JVP is a permanent dark cloud over Sri Lanka.

krishh Thursday, 14 October 2010 07:20 AM

smoke...............fire............nothing come without anything

Truant Thursday, 14 October 2010 06:42 AM

Well, if students do not attend lectures why waste every bodies time. The students are the losers. Anyhow, the authorities should investigate the real reason for this sort of boycott.

Rohana Wickramasinge Thursday, 14 October 2010 06:49 AM

JVP miserables crushing the universities in Sri Lanka. Take the Moratuwa university as an example who wipe out the JVPers from the university and become the only valueble university of sri lanka.

Lam Thursday, 14 October 2010 06:54 AM

we know how peradeniya engineering students pass their degree without attending to lectures. so it is the standard of a Peradeniya engineering graduate

Appuhamy Thursday, 14 October 2010 07:04 AM

free meals no value

Balapu Waduge Thursday, 14 October 2010 07:05 AM

But in Moratuwa NDT and BSc(Eng) cannot get together and make a Vesak lantern without fighting.

nagasena Thursday, 14 October 2010 07:08 AM

With nobody to speak for students' rights...

Above the crowd Thursday, 14 October 2010 07:12 AM

Its very unfair to close ,They join the university using parents hard earn money to have demonstrations,strikes, destroy the public property and threaten lecturerers and get pass marks for exams.
Their degrees worth .....................????????

Chandi Thursday, 14 October 2010 07:14 AM

Students must be attending to other lectures under the trees of the "wewa rawuma". Waste of tax payer's money.

ck Thursday, 14 October 2010 07:15 AM

I love your expression.

Crazy Thursday, 14 October 2010 06:36 AM

Well if the students are not attending the lectures, how does it help the situation by closing down the institute?

sam Thursday, 14 October 2010 07:20 AM

Do not study...

AFF Thursday, 14 October 2010 07:21 AM

The only right students have is to study and not waste public funds.

jayendra Thursday, 14 October 2010 07:23 AM

parants & students should take action against JVP mafia to wipe out from university .

gamini Thursday, 14 October 2010 07:31 AM

If you look at the whole picture of Sri Lanka, seems it is going backwards and not forward. But Sri Lanka wants to be next to Singapore. It is very pathetic and sad !!!!!

sam Thursday, 14 October 2010 07:36 AM

Authorities should not create conflicts...

Lokka Thursday, 14 October 2010 07:40 AM

exactly.... better to use all the (people's tax money) resources to help students who does not qualify to enter universities.

Calistus Jayatilleke Thursday, 14 October 2010 07:50 AM

No students, no lectures ! Ideal situation to run a university system peacefully.

sidath Thursday, 14 October 2010 07:53 AM

@Rohana wickramasinghe, what is the fact for your conclusion that moratuwa is the only valuable university in sri lanka, hope you are talking about the land value, then it should be colombo because it is located in colombo 07

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