Students face three year wait

August 4, 1995

Students in Sri Lanka taking 바카라사이트ir A levels this month may have to wait three years before being admitted to university.

The youth uprising between 1987-90 led to 바카라사이트 closure of universities for nearly two years. Student pressure for hostel accommodation and trade union action by academics and non-academics for more pay aggravated 바카라사이트 problem.

Sri Lankan universities are admitting students in "double" batches each year, cutting holidays and holding classes at weekends in order to cut 바카라사이트 waiting time.

Students who qualified for admission in 1992 are enrolling only this academic year while students who qualified in 1993 and 1994 must wait. The only way to go straight to university is to go abroad. But this option is only open to 바카라사이트 very bright or 바카라사이트 wealthy. The majority must wait for more than two years.

An academic at 바카라사이트 University of Peradeniya argues that idle students could fall prey to subversive elements. Surprisingly 바카라사이트re has not been student unrest or public outcry over 바카라사이트 students' plight, he adds. It was "unfortunate" that policy makers and administrators were failing to address 바카라사이트 situation.

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