The Hon. Hesha Withanage Ankumbura Arachchi
The Member raised a supplementary question on legal education and private degree-awarding institutions, noting the Law College’s decision to hold an entrance examination for foreign and Open University LLB holders. He asked whether the Government has a mechanism to ensure the standards of degrees awarded by private institutions, including those with UGC approval, and sought clarification on the status of a previously promised new location for the Sri Lanka Law College due to space constraints.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Prime Minister, with regard to your answer, I wish to raise this supplementary. As a matter of policy, earlier you opposed private universities; I do not know what the present position is. In addition to local universities, a large number of students seeking admission to the Sri Lanka Law College are foreign LLB holders as well, with many from the Open University. The Law College has decided to hold an entrance examination, which I think is reasonable.
¶ 02 However, numerous private institutions awarding degrees have emerged recently, some even with UGC permission. At first glance, many of these do not appear to meet proper standards. Have you proposed a mechanism to ensure standards of degrees awarded by private institutions? Also, a former President said space at the Law College is insufficient and promised to allocate a new location urgently. Has that process stopped? Is it on your radar?
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