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Letter:
A private Medical College in Sri Lanka
Whenever attem-pts were made to establish a private Medical College
in Sri Lanka every Government which was in power during the relevant
period abandoned its endeavour in the achievement of the objective owing
to the vehement protests staged in the country in this regard.
The major reasoning proffered by the agitators who protest it has
been that the children from the affluent families will gain admission to
the private medical college in the wake of establishment of it. This is
a nonsensical argument.
Access
Not only during the present and past periods but also in the ancient
times it has not been recorded that the impecunious children have gained
access to higher education under the preceptor Disapamok at Thaksila in
Dambadiva except the children from the wealthy families particularly
princes and princesses from royal families.
In the context of Sri Lanka, it is the same. Have the children from
the well-to-do families being educated in the local educational
institutions? They have not received their education at Ananda and
Nalanda except at the Universities Oxford and Cambridge in London.
Not only the affluence but also influential capability will have
impact in this respect.
Even today, when the children from the wealthy and influential
families lose their chance to enter the medical college in this country,
they directly proceed to the Universities in England, Australia, India,
Nepal, Russia, Japan and Bangladesh.
Has it been possible for such agitations to stop it? Will they be
able to do it?
The children from the rich families proceed to overseas universities
for the study of medicine with the least qualifications. For example,
the student who has obtained three S passes at the GCE (AL) gain
admission to the overseas universities for Medicine.
If a medical college is set up in Sri Lanka more qualified students
instead of those obtained less marks might be selected.
Subsequent to the selection of students who have acquired highest
marks at the GCE (AL) to Faculties of Medicine in the eight State
universities in Sri Lanka if the students ranked next on the basis of
marks had been selected to a private medical college after its
establishment more clever and intelligent students would have been
selected than the students who have low marks and obtained overseas
medical degrees.
From the point of view of the students and their parents,
establishment of a private medical college is an opportune need. Certain
parents will get the chance to send their children to the medical
college from their own houses.
On the other hand relationship between the children and the parents
could be constantly maintained if they reside in Sri Lanka.
In certain countries a sum of Rs. 200-300 lakhs is charged for the
study of medicine and in some other countries this amount is around Rs.
40-50 lakhs.
Medicine
Establishment of a Medical College in Sri Lanka will result in the
saving of an immense amount of money incurred for this purpose. In
addition, commencement of a private medical college affiliated to the
University of Sri Lanka may give rise to earn a huge amount of foreign
exchange owing to the arrival of a large number of foreign students for
the study of medicine.
Don’t the agitators understand all these?
Ratna D Kankanamge
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