Jaffna Varsity to get Agriculture Faculty

Plans are underway to open an Agriculture Faculty at the Jaffna University, Higher Studies Minister S B Dissanayake said.

Dissanayake was speaking at an awareness program regarding the World Youth and Student conference to be held in South Africa next month.

The awareness program was held at the Jaffna University last week. The whole University system will also be changed and by the end of the next year, all students should complete studying the English langauge course, the Minister said.

Dissanayake said the education and examination systems should undergo an overhaul. Study courses in universities will be completely subjected to a change from next year so as to enable those passing out to get involved in the country's production process, he said.

Dissanayake said the theme of the 17th world youth and student seminar would be 'Let us Defeat Imperialison for Peace, Brotherhood and Social Transformation. He said that about 35,000 youth leaders with diverse ideologies would participate at the youth conference which would include 750 from India and 200 from Sri Lanka. Nine youth from Jaffna have been selected to participate in the youth conference.

The ceremony was organized by the Inter University Student Centre. Twenty six university students are to participate at the forthcoming World Youth and Student Conference of Jaffna.