Strictly implement anti-ragging laws says Minister
Instructions to all Vice-Chancellors
The higher education minister said yesterday the government has instructed Vice- Chancellors of all universities to strictly implement the anti-ragging laws with immediate effect.
Rejecting allegations that the government is going to annul the Anti-ragging Act, Higher Education Minister Prof. Vishwa Warnapala said “I have instructed university authorities to strictly implement the exciting law.”
He said that the law is not implemented and the academic staff should take necessary steps to implement the law in full. “The academic staff has to play a key role in preventing ragging,” the minister said.
He also said that earlier, the ragging season only lasted for a week or two, but currently it lasts at least a year. “We have to change this culture, we need intellectuals from universities,” he added.
With reference to posters and other protest campaigns urging the government to annul the Act, the minister said that the government would not take action to annul the act. “It was put forward by the then Education Minister Richard Pathirana in 1997, and it was approved by Parliament unanimously, so it is an agreement reached by all political parties, we don’t want to annul it,” the minister said.
He said that some interested sections among students are trying to make an issue over this as these sections backed by some political parties are trying to sabotage the students’ education.
He also said that the government is also to consider widening the higher education system of the country and said that there are no plans to privatize the university system.
“We are going to introduce ‘distance mode’ education, in which anyone can obtain a degree through distance learning, which is a world recognized system,” the minister said.
Prof. Warnapala said under the new programme, the government is going to widen the post-graduate system as well.
Instructions to all Vice-Chancellors
The higher education minister said yesterday the government has instructed Vice- Chancellors of all universities to strictly implement the anti-ragging laws with immediate effect.
Rejecting allegations that the government is going to annul the Anti-ragging Act, Higher Education Minister Prof. Vishwa Warnapala said “I have instructed university authorities to strictly implement the exciting law.”
He said that the law is not implemented and the academic staff should take necessary steps to implement the law in full. “The academic staff has to play a key role in preventing ragging,” the minister said.
He also said that earlier, the ragging season only lasted for a week or two, but currently it lasts at least a year. “We have to change this culture, we need intellectuals from universities,” he added.
With reference to posters and other protest campaigns urging the government to annul the Act, the minister said that the government would not take action to annul the act. “It was put forward by the then Education Minister Richard Pathirana in 1997, and it was approved by Parliament unanimously, so it is an agreement reached by all political parties, we don’t want to annul it,” the minister said.
He said that some interested sections among students are trying to make an issue over this as these sections backed by some political parties are trying to sabotage the students’ education.
He also said that the government is also to consider widening the higher education system of the country and said that there are no plans to privatize the university system.
“We are going to introduce ‘distance mode’ education, in which anyone can obtain a degree through distance learning, which is a world recognized system,” the minister said.
Prof. Warnapala said under the new programme, the government is going to widen the post-graduate system as well.
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