Many facilities given, still they agitate - Rajarata VC

Nadira Gunatilleke

COLOMBO: A discussion held between the Students’ Union of the Medical Faculty of the Rajarata University and the Vice Chancellor ended without an agreement yesterday, A. Punchihewa, Senior Assistant Registrar of the Medical Faculty of Rajarata University told the Daily News.

He said that the Students’ Union demand more hostel and other facilities.

Hostel facilities have already been provided for 150 Medical students so far and even the first year students were provided with hostel facilities violating the usual procedures. The total number of medical students are 350.

Hostel facilities have been provided for 70 medical students in a rented building located in Anuradhapura town but only 27 students are there and other students have left the place telling that it is too far from the university. But the distance between the location and the university is only six kilometres, he added.

The faculty have all three required departments and all the other facilities.

More buildings are to be constructed soon to meet the other requirements.

Students were given all the facilities they requested but still they find something to start a protest, he explained.