The Hon. Nihal Galappaththi (on behalf of the Hon. (Prof.) L.M. Abeywickrama)
The Member, on behalf of Hon. (Prof.) L.M. Abeywickrama, asked the Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education for details on current academic staff vacancies in Sri Lankan universities and the steps being taken to fill them. He also requested reasons for the delay in commencing Allied Health Science courses for students enrolled at the University of Ruhuna in 2023 and the expected date of commencement.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Question to the Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education:
¶ 02 Academic Staff of Universities: Vacancies.
¶ 03 (a) Will she inform this House: (i) the number of vacancies currently existing in the academic staff of the universities of Sri Lanka; (ii) the measures that have been taken to fill those vacancies; (iii) the reasons for not commencing the Allied Health Science Courses for the students who were enrolled to the University of Ruhuna in year 2023 so far; and (iv) the date on which the said courses will be commenced?
¶ 04 (b) If not, why?
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