The Hon. Ravi Karunanayake
Hon. Ravi Karunanayake raised concerns about admissions for civilian students in non-medical streams such as engineering, accountancy and computing. He argued that admissions should be based on the Z-score system to ensure fairness and prevent commercialization of university opportunities, questioning how engineering students would otherwise be selected and alleging that opportunities for 110,000 students had been affected.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, apart from the Medical Faculty, there are civilian students in engineering, accountancy and computing streams. That is why I said, admit via the Z-score—then it is fair to all and avoids commercialization at the expense of Sri Lankan students. You removed opportunities for 110,000 to enter universities, and commercialized this with no issue? This is not only about medicine. If engineering students are admitted, how will it be done without the Z-score?
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Cite as: The Hon. Ravi Karunanayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 4 June 2025. No. 1750240054043973. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/7723