• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Home
  • Institutes
  • Schools
  • Arts and Entertainment
  • Shop

Student Sri Lanka Education

Courses, Classes, Jobs, O/L A/L Exams, Universities




  • Shop
  • Courses
    • Course Finder
  • Download
  • Exams
    • A/L
    • O/L
    • Grade 5
  • Universities
    • National
    • Private
    • Study Abroad
  • Careers
    • After A/L
    • After O/L
  • tuition
You are here: Home / study abroad / Should Sri Lanka need Private Universities? – Example from UK system

Should Sri Lanka need Private Universities? – Example from UK system

September 17, 2010 By Kavidu 15 Comments

    Many media in Sri Lanka and government ministers seem to support the idea that Sr Lanka needs private degree awarding institutes, as only few can be allowed to enter National Universities. However, some Sri Lankan University Student Associations, oppose the idea of Private Universities, and Medical students have voiced their concerns on the Private Medical Faculty (SATIM) established in Malabe, which award degree from a Russian University for a fee of about 6-7 million rupees.

    Though many people argue that Private Universities are common in every country, it is not the case. For example in England, Universities are currently allowed to charge home students £3,225 fees per year. This is initially paid to the university by the government, and then paid back through the tax system by students once their income reaches £15,000. In addition, students are eligible for loans towards their maintenance costs, which they pay back in the same way as their fees.

    Therefore, similar to Sri Lanka, the role of private universities in England has so far been limited - with tight regulation over the rights to award degrees. Recently Universities Minister David Willetts in UK has suggested that he would bring forward legislation to enable private universities. However, University Lecturers' Union Head, Ms Sally Hunt says in her letter to Mr Willetts that she is deeply concerned about any moves to mirror such growth in the for-profit sector in England.





    It is true some countries like USA and India have private universities, but those are traditional universities with well established  academic and research capabilities.

    Students who are not eligible into a National University because of  low z-score, should also have a right to obtain a University degree in Sri Lanka. But we have to assess whether establishing vast number of private Universities (Colleges) in the country, as in India is a solution to this problem.  Better solution would be that Sri Lankan government should concentrate more on developing open university system, online learning, and semi government institutes such as SLIIT, NIBM (although these institutes also charge extremely high tuition fees), external degrees and technical degrees which charge reasonable amount from students.

    You may also read similar post on this web site "Do we need Private Universities in Sri Lanka?"
    Related Posts:
    Educational Institutes in Sri Lanka
    Private Universities and Degree courses in Sri Lanka
    Private IT degrees in Sri Lanka – Cost and study options
    Cost of University degree courses in Sri Lanka
    Universities and courses in National Universities
    Technical and Vocational Degrees 

     

     

     

    Share this:

    • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
    • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)

    Comments

    comments

    No related posts.

    Filed Under: study abroad, Universities

    Reader Interactions

    Leave a Reply Cancel reply

    Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

    Primary Sidebar

    Search




    • Udemy Online Courses - Learn Anything, On your Shedule
    • Advertise Here

    Follow Us On

    • Facebook
    • Twitter
    • YouTube
     Student Lanka Class and Course Finder

    Recent Comments

    • Hiran on How to Become a Software Engineer in Sri Lanka
    • Hiran on 2019 – 2022 A/L Biology New Syllabus
    • Hiran on 2019 – 2022 A/L Biology New Syllabus
    • Gimhani on Grade 5 Scholarship – Past Papers, Provincial Papers Answers and free books
    • Radhika on 2019 – 2022 A/L Biology New Syllabus

    Educational Books

    • A/L Biology Grade 12 MCQ 360+ Answers and Analysis -1 Jeewa Vidyawa Bahuwarana Vivarana – Prof Hiran Amarasekera
      රු 640.00
      5.00 out of 5
    • A/L Common General Test – Questions and Answers – 2020 New Format – Vidudaya Publication
      රු 400.00
      5.00 out of 5
    • 2022 A/L Biology Nucleic Acid නියුක්ලෙයික් අම්ල
      රු 350.00
      5.00 out of 5

    Recent Posts

    • A/L 2021 (held in 2022) results release date?
    • Foreign jobs in Japan, Korea, Middle-east, Israel, and other countries
    • O/L 2021 (2022 May) MCQ Answers (Unofficial) OL Marking schemes
    • Download 2021 O/L Model Papers for 2022 May Exam
    • GCE A/L 2022 Exam date – From 17 Oct to 12 Nov

    Featured Videos

    A/L Physics Prof S R D Rosa Guru Gedara -Highlights. Common student mistakes
    A/L Physics Prof S R D Rosa Guru Gedara -Highlights. Common student mistakes
    A/L Molecular Biology 3 – Genes and How they Work ජාන හා ඒවා ක්‍රියාකරන ආකාරය
    A/L Molecular Biology 3 – Genes and How they Work ජාන හා ඒවා ක්‍රියාකරන ආකාරය
    A/L Molecular Biology and Recombinant  DNA Technology – Lesson 1 වර්ණදේහවල ව්‍යුහ නිර්මාණය
    A/L Molecular Biology and Recombinant DNA Technology – Lesson 1 වර්ණදේහවල ව්‍යුහ නිර්මාණය

    Copyright © 2022 studentlanka.com. All Rights Reserved.

    • English
    • සිංහල (Sinhala)