The Hon. (Dr.) Madhura Senevirathna - Deputy Minister of Education and Higher Education
The Deputy Minister said the Government is considering measures to support student-athletes in universities, including enabling those with national or international school-level achievements to continue developing in their sport while pursuing higher education. He stated that discussions with the University Grants Commission had covered providing basic facilities for students competing internationally, and transport support where universities lack sports infrastructure. He described the proposal as timely and said necessary follow-up action would be taken.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 I will conclude briefly, Hon. Deputy Speaker.
¶ 02 If a student-athlete has represented the country at international or national level during school, many universities worldwide allow them to continue developing in the same sport while pursuing a degree in that sport. We are now discussing opening our processes and providing the necessary facilities to elevate our universities to that standard. In particular, we have discussed with the University Grants Commission providing basic facilities to students who participate in international competitions. Where some universities lack sports facilities, we will even provide transport facilities. This is the present position. We regard this proposal as very timely and will take the necessary next steps.
¶ 03 Thank you very much.
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