Sri Lanka’s government has closed down almost all universities. 13 of Sri Lanka’s 15 state-funded universities, apart from their medical faculties have been closed. It is unknown for how long the shutdown will last. Since July, academics were on strike in Sri Lanka to protest their disapproval of the Sri-Lankan government’s plans to partially privatize a tertiary education system, and of the”politicisation and militarization” of university campuses.
Over decades, successive Sri Lankan governments have often targeted the education of students.
Sri Lankan government introduced the infamous ‘policy of standardization’ act in 1970 and alienated the Tamil students. Read more here (http://countrystudies.us/sri-lanka/71.htm)
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