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India popular for higher studies among Lankans - Prof Vitarana



Scientific Affairs Senior Minister Prof Tissa Vitarana and Indian High Commissioner in Colombo Ashok K Kantha at the opening of EdCIL 2012, the Indian Education Fair on Friday.

India continues to be a popular higher education destination for Sri Lankan students due to a number of reasons, said Scientific Affairs Senior Minister Prof Tissa Vitarana.

"As our closest neighbour we can reach India easily, the culture in India is almost the same and this will not affect or disturb the students unlike in some western parts of the world. The most important fact is the students will be guaranteed quality higher education and state of the art facilities," the minister said.

He was speaking at EdCIL 2012, the Indian Education Fair which opened in Colombo on Friday.

Indian High Commissioner in Colombo, Ashok K Kantha, as the guest of honour, announced the increased number of scholarships granted by the Indian External Affairs Ministry to selected Sri Lankan students with excellent academic achievements.

He said that these scholarships offered to Sri Lanka could be spent over three years and the selection of candidates is done in consultation with the Sri Lankan Higher Education Ministry to pursue undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD Degrees in leading universities in India.

Over 60 scholarships are covered, which include undergraduate and post graduate programmes in Performing and Visual Arts.

Subjects include Indian classical music, dance, painting and sculpture.

EdCIL (India) Limited as a 'Public Sector Enterprise' of the Indian government has contributed towards the success of its second edition in 2012.

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