Jaffna undergrads anxious to persue studies

Kadiragamathamby Jaffna special correspondent

JAFFNA: "In recent months the undergraduates of Jaffna university boycotted their classes for security reasons and as a result the university had to be closed. Now the situation has changed and they are anxious to pursue their studies," said Prof. S. Mohanathas Vice Chancellor, Jaffna University.

He was speaking at the opening ceremony of the third storey of the Arts Faculty of Jaffna University, recently.

Prof. Pon. Balasunderam former Vice Chancellor Jaffna University joined Prof. Mohanathas in the opening ceremony. Prof. R. Sivachandran Dean of the Faculty of Arts presided the event.

Prof. Mohanathas further said that a university for the North was opened after vociferous agitations by the Tamils of this country. Today this temple of learning is fulfilling the aspirations of the Tamils. At the start there was only one faculty of arts.

It has spawned into many branches of studies like commerce, Management and fine Arts. Now the faculty is going to be further divided, This expansion has given us joy on one side and problems on the other side.

This is usually expected in a sprawling institution.

Commerce and Management departments he said, do not have a permanent building. This is a great handicap. Nevertheless we have bought a land to put up a building. The plan to go ahead with the building work has taken off the ground.

He said that the Information Technology has so advanced at the moment that the academic activities of different chairs had been bound together so as to call as university education. There should be friendship between students, professors and chairs through this binding.

The curriculum should be flexible and co-related so as to enable a student following a certain course under one chair should be able to select and follow a suitable subject in another.

Thus all the Chairs should be bound together so as to fulfil the aspirations of all and thereby a prosperous life would be assured to the people. Only if this is viable our aim will be achieve, he said.