SAARC Education Ministers meet in Colombo

A meeting of Ministers of Education and Higher Education of SAARC countries will be held in Colombo on March 26 and 27.

At a meeting held in Kathmandu, Nepal in 2008 on the subject of Mutual Recognition of degrees and Common Education Standards in the region, Sri Lanka initiated the proposal to convene this meeting with the prime intention of coordination and standardization of educational policies and strategies within the member countries of SAARC, in keeping with the emerging global trends.

Minister of Higher Education Prof. Wiswa Warnapala who has laid a strong foundation for far reaching progressive and radical changes in the higher education sector of Sri Lanka will advise the Ministry officials in drafting a concept paper on “Higher Education Policy in South East Asia” to be submitted to the forthcoming SAARC Conference.

A Steering Committee headed my Mrs. Malini Peiris, Secretary, Ministry of Higher Education and P. Ranepura, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Higher Education have been appointed to coordinate all events in connection with this important Conference. Other members of the Committee are Messrs M.T.M. Jiffry, H.M.K. Herath, P.D. Sarathchandra. S.M.J. Bandara, M.M. Nayeemudeen and A. Ratnaayake.