No approval granted for private Medical College - Education Ministry

Dharme Sri ABEYRATHNE

COLOMBO: The Ministry of Education points out that it has not granted official approval to any institute to start a Private Medical College.

The Ministry of Education inquired into this matter after hearing that a private education institute was granted permission by the Board of Investments to start a Educational Institute in the Piliyandala area to forward the students to face the examinations of a Medical Faculty of a certain University in Tanzania.

Furthermore, the Minister of Education Susil Premajayantha has stated that the Ministry will never grant permission to start private medical colleges, Privatise Education or abolish the free education system.