Move to develop six universities
Ramani Kangaraarachchi
The government has taken steps to raise the standards of six
universities in Sri Lanka up to the international level,said University
Grants Commission Chairman Prof. Gamini Samaranayake delivering a speech
at the Central Bank Training Institute, Rajagiriya on Friday.
He said the selected universities are Peradeniya, Colombo, Moratuwa,
Sri Jayawardenapura, Kelaniya and Ruhuna.
A survey in the Webometrics Global ranking in October in 2010 showed
that the Colombo University was ranked 2,185, the Moratuwa University
2,198 and the Peradeniya University 3,005. |