Sri Lanka Government is Privatizing Universities

In Sri Lanka, education is virtually free. With the brain drain, Sri Lanka has to have other avenues to educate people to be professionals.How many Government Educational institutes are there in the USA? My guess is none. Even if there are such institutions, they are not free.Why then are these disgruntled people not shouting about the hundreds and hundreds of kids from Sri Lanka going abroad with minimum qualifications, graduating and then coming back?Personally, I think the Government should do this and make some more room to have private universities, over and above the universities of Sri Lanka, where I also graduated 'Pina' (free), without paying for tition etc. I also suggest that at least a facilities fee should be charged from the undergraduates of Universities of Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka Government is Privatizing UniversitiesSO WHAT?

Sri Lanka Government is Privatizing UniversitiesSO WHAT?

Sri Lanka Government is Privatizing UniversitiesSO WHAT?

It looks like ' Vimukthiya'. (Liberation). Socialist?

What's your point 'sisuhanda'?  Why is this privatization bad? What are the disadvantages? And to whom?

Sri Lanka Government is Privatizing Universitieshas granted permission for a Private Medical Faculty
Before you name your self as "Sisuhanda" (Voice of Students) try to understand the reality! granting permission for a private med. fac. does not means for me "Sri Lanka Government is Privatizing Universities"Are you a Student? how was your school days? how was your tution classes?

Private tuition right? Mini version of private education.Nobody shouts about that?????????????????

Where is the creator of this post? How about some comments?

Sisuhanda (Sinhalese) if I understand correctly, the translation should be, 'The Voice of the Students'. Right?

Prabhakaran?

sisuhanda, who has how much? rs. six million or six hundred thousand?!!  

This article with inconsistent numbers, exageration,  and anti GoSL statements, sounds very familiar. It's like someone is not keen about paid education being unaffordable to some students but really wants to provoke students to revolt, adding on unnecessary problems to the country. Education is not a cat's-paw.

I do not see why Sisuhanda boys need universities. It looks they know it all.

Why we need private universities

Our university system has in general failed to produce graduates with right aptitude and attitude. As most of them are not fit enough to be employed (unemployables) or trained to undertake challengers the country has no choice but to depend of private education.

<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 />Sri Lanka one time had one of the best education systems in the world but systematically ruined by extremist elements like Sisuhanda by eternally not allowing necessary reforms incorporated to the education system. This caused the talented and committed academic staff not wanting to waste their valuable time   with a set of brainwashed lunatics who want the rest of the world have empathy with them.

Having said this, the present scenario is no government in the world would be in a position to rightly identify the future demands in the world job market and make timely adjustments and introductions to the university programs considering the speed at which evolution of new knowledge is taking place.  This is an unimaginable task to accomplish. The only way out is to allow the profit oriented private sector to do the job. They will not survive unless they self sustain by offering quality education.  

What the county need are graduates for jobs and not jobs for unemployables graduates. Therefore we need institutions for not so bright average children as well to study either with the hard earned legal money of their parents or with what they themselves would earn in part-time or full time employment whilst studying.

For Sisuhanda having money is a crime. Simply because they don’t have it and they are so lethargic to work for it. They do not see the born rich becoming paupers no time for not understanding how money works. Similarly they do not see the majority of who are rich today were one time poor. No rich person is rich because of what they possess. They are rich for what they have accomplished. I think this is enough for them to understand why they are poor.  

[Sisuhanda graduates (the brightest lot)  who graduate form free state universities need not have any fears since they will outshine the useless not so bright rich students who will have  no standard since they paid and bought degrees from useless education shops. Furthermore we will be fortunate to see all high Z scorers are well employed and the useless wealthy lot in front of the Fort Railway Station or at Lipton roundabout with placards in hand demanding for state jobs].

Good one, Bimsara.

Firstly, I am thankful for the free education I got from the University of Moratuwa. Here, your chance to enter Universities is not based on right aptitude or attitude but on the capacity available in those institutes. Meaning, the majority of A/L candidates even with the right aptitude and attitude do not get the opportunity to enter a state Uni. Out of this majority, there are two categories of people. One- those who can spend 6 Mn; the other- those who cannot spend that. It is really a sad plight for the second category no doubt. But should this block the first category getting a higher level of education? Who can stop the 6 Mn guys going overseas and spending 12 Mn to get that qualification ? This is our country's funds and wealth that is syphoned overseas. If at all if someone can stop this, it none other than the Govt itself. How ? by allowing the 6 Mn degree here !! 'Sisuhanda',  if the govt tries to charge 6 Mn from the State Uni students, it is then that you should raise your voice. Many of us too, will join you no doubt !!! At the same time, remember we have got 6 Mn worth of stuff FREE, so we have to pay back that to our country and society....  

Well said, Nihal Muller. Sisuhanda, you really must change your attitude. Your phrases depict your attitude well. Defend free education (it will be there, no doubt), Demand (?) decent facilities (don't look a gift horse in the mouth). Get together to fight this very profit system (so that other countries will benefit). We challenge ... to answer our questions (really, you have the answer as you are standing on your own tail. However, if you question intellectually, you will be answered intellectually.) There is more to life and education that come in the forms of  'appreciation, acceptance, gratitude, respect, content, repayment", and many more. If you are based in Sri Lanka, why does your web address have the Nauru code? Obviously you are have benefited from the free education granted by the GoSL.. What are you doing in Nauru? You are indebted to Sri Lanka and you have absolutely no right to incite people against their own country. We've seen your likes. Really we witnessed the end of one just not so long ago. You sit in comfort and want others to die for some silly dream. Please, please, live and let live. If you honestly need something done, just start with the man in the mirror.  

 "We reject all reformism, even though we fight for the same in winning transitional rights..." That's an oxymoron, ha? Here's another:  "The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries." - Winston Churchill. "...our struggle is only for International Socialism which is the only alternative to the world going to the doom under capitalism." Yay!! Let's all glide back to the dark ages!!! 

Sisunihanda?

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Can our poor country afford  spending so much money in sending students abroad for studies.  If the same Overseas university can come to sri Lanka and award the same degree here, why worry. Welcome 10 more  affiliated universities such as SAITM to our country. Pathirana