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Hon. Ravi Karunanayake

New Democratic Front· National List· 3 June 2025 ·Oral question: Oral Question: Government Universities and Higher Education Admissions (Q.381/2025)

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Hon. Ravi Karunanayake asked the Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education to provide detailed data on Sri Lanka’s government and private universities. He requested figures on universities, faculties, student enrolment, professors, operating costs, student costs, degree costs by discipline, asset values, and world rankings, with separate information for each institution.

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¶ 01 Question to the Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education:

¶ 02 (a) Will she inform this House the: (i) number of Government-owned universities in Sri Lanka; (ii) number of faculties in each university and the number of students in each faculty, separately; (iii) annual average cost for a government university student and the total cost to complete a degree categorized by discipline, separately; (iv) number of private universities in Sri Lanka; (v) number of students registered in each private university, separately; and (vi) total cost for a private university student and the total cost to complete a degree categorized by discipline, separately?

¶ 03 (b) Will she also inform this House, separately, the: (i) number of professors in each government university and total number of professors; (ii) total cost of running each government university; (iii) total cost for a student in each of the above universities; (iv) total value of assets of each government university; and (v) world ranking of each of the above universities?

¶ 04 (c) If not, why?

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Hansard, Tuesday, 3 June 2025 ·No. 1750149440002739 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: Hon. Ravi Karunanayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 3 June 2025. No. 1750149440002739. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/10003