The Jaffna University will get an Engineering Faculty very soon, and it will be located in Kilinochchi, said Higher Education Minister S.B. Dissanayake yesterday. The Agriculture Science Faculty will also be relocated in Kilinochchi, he said. Mr. Dissanayake laid the foundation stones in Kilinochchi yesterday for the construction of the buildings for the Faculties.
The minister told Daily Mirror yesterday that there was a severe dearth of lecturers at the university, and that he would address the issue soon.
“I noticed that Jaffna students are more enthusiastic than others in pursuing higher studies.
Engineering Faculty for Jaffna Uni.
We will give them opportunities. We informed them that the present Tamil medium courses would be conducted in English from next year onwards. They were very happy,” he said.
He added that house rents and room charges had increased by leaps and bounds in Jaffna due to the influx of tourists from the south. He said this made it impossible for university students to find accommodation at a budgetary rate.
“People can easily get Rs.1,000 for a room per day in Jaffna now. Therefore university students have been asked to vacate their boarding places by the owners. We will build hostels in the university very soon,” he said.
Besides, he said, there were 200 differently-abled students at the university now. Each student, he said, was given Rs. 5,000 for their basic needs.
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