GCE A/L Private Candidate Applications call. Deadline February 15

Sri Lanka Department of Education invites applications for the  G.C.E (A/L) Examination applications for the Private candidates.

The Applications of private candidates for the above examination will be closed on Februray 15th.

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Commissioner General of Examinations Jayantha Pushpakumara Says closing date for the accepting application forms for GCE A/Level examination is on the 15th of this month. School candidates should apply for the examination through the respective principals. Private candidates should post their applications directly to the Examination Department before the 15th of this month.

The GCE A/Level examination 2017 is slated to be held from 8th of August to the 2nd of September. The practical tests of the examination will be held from October 20th to the November

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Malabe SAITM Campus News

Sri Lanka government received the green light to allow private universities after a landmark court judgment last week ruled that the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine or SAITM – the country’s first private medical university – is legally eligible to issue medical degrees.

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The court decision followed a long dispute, and protests and strikes by public university student unions and doctor unions. Students were injured and 21 arrested during another march on Thursday.

In a verdict announced on 31 January, the Sri Lankan Appellate Court directed the Sri Lanka Medical Council to provide provisional registration as medical practitioners to students graduating from SAITM in Malabe, which is close to the capital Colombo.

The ruling came after a writ was filed by MBBS students of the private university, when the Sri Lanka Medical Council refused to register a batch of its graduates.

Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne hailed the verdict. He said the country needed private medical universities as it was practically difficult for state universities to provide opportunities for all students.

According to Higher Education Minister Lakshman Kiriella, several foreign universities are closely monitoring the SAITM case with a view to setting up branches in Sri Lanka.

Institutions such as India’s private Manipal University have expressed a willingness to establish campuses in the country.

SAITM students and their parents welcomed the court verdict, but protests against the university are likely to continue.

Doctors in Sri Lanka have threatened island-wide strike action beginning next week. From the beginning, doctor unions have opposed the institution.

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