Govt. body to formulate criteria for awarding degrees: Minister

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Higher Education and Cultural affairs Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe said yesterday that a commission will be established for monitoring proper standard and formulation of criteria for all institutions which award degrees.

While joining an observation tour of historic 'Magul Maduwa’ in Kandy, he also said that the University Grants Commission is assigned with the responsibility of finding out whether the quality of higher education is in conformity with required standard and criteria.

The state and the private institutions which awards degrees should be registered, under a new Act.

"A cabinet paper has been prepared to appoint a commission for standardization of higher education and I will present it to the cabinet this week. I expect to give a remedial solutions to about 990 medical undergraduates who had been embroiled for a long time in SAITM private medical college. I have made a certain amendments to the Act of Kotelawala Defense University, it was tabled in Parliament. As soon as it is passed, that problem will be solved. The responsibility of solving the SAITM problem and the understanding of its methodologies lie on the Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA). It is the doctors of this association who teach the medical students,” he said. (Nadeeka Daya Bandara)

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Modaya Monday, 04 June 2018 10:21 AM

Not only SITAM issue. In recent past history few politicians, not even had up to grade eight standard education got " DOCTORATE" . Look at those doctorates as well.

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Unchikun Monday, 04 June 2018 10:21 AM

Timely action is need. A tuition master has got an economics doctorate (?) and now says he is an economic specialist. Poor Kumara in the shade.

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citizen Monday, 04 June 2018 11:13 AM

GMOA must help teach to completion of MBBS of SAITM and the rewards of meritorious acts to help healers of nation will certainly overshadow with goodness the Contempt of Court case against GMOA head AP.

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K. C. John Monday, 04 June 2018 12:39 PM

Majority of our law-makers don't hold a degree. How can they decide on standards for degrees?

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Ceylon Monday, 04 June 2018 05:39 PM

Sri lanka has tens of thousands of qualified graduates.people of this country and other countries want to know what is the degree president of this country has.announce his qualifications to hold the highest position of the country.if he dont have a degree its insult to all graduates of the country.reveal it soon.

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elmi Tuesday, 05 June 2018 11:41 AM

Now Mr. Rajapakshe legally abolish Saitm also.They are rogues who are now threatening not to send files of the students to KDU unless fees are paid.

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What a joke Tuesday, 05 June 2018 03:47 PM

In Sri Lanka you can get a MSc degree without even passing O/L. @SLIIT from Keele Uni.

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