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Saturday, May 26, 2018
A Case of Blatant Abuse in thenra University of Jaffna
( May 25, 2018, Jaffna, Sri Lanka Guardian) We
give, below, a case of blatant abuse in recruitment to the Department
of Financial Management, Jaffna (see two attachments). The case given
here is that of Mithila Gowthaman, who is outstanding by any objective
measure. Those in authority seem determined to go to extraordinary
lengths to keep her out.
Reconstruction and renewal of institutions in the war-torn North was a
major theme that was on the lips of those who wanted it to regain some
of its old glory in education. The University of Jaffna was isolated
during the war and a few individuals had a free hand in awarding
academic positions to their favourites, irrespective of merit. It was a
major threat to the integrity of the University. Without a functioning
university worth its name, the North was condemned to remain an
intellectual desert.
In a bid to check this, the Jaffna University Science Teachers’
Association compiled cases of many abuses with evidence drawn largely
from Council Minutes. As mentioned in the Appeal, the compiled volume
was given to the Council, to the present and former UGC Chairmen and at
least two ministers in charge of Higher Education. This effort was
snubbed.
One of the faculties where abuse abounded was the Faculty of Management,
which presently has the case of Ravivathani dragging on in the Supreme
Court.
The fact that these abuses are allowed to continue with impunity is a
measure of the step-motherly treatment the University of Jaffna receives
from the authorities in Colombo as well as from our own Parliamentary
representatives. It shows that they are comfortable with the rot that
has been allowed to set in, which acts as a foolproof precedent to those
determined to abuse authority.
Please take up this matter with any of your contacts who could have a benign impact on the state of the University.
Attached also is the letter from the Head of Department, whose courage in her decision to stand up speaks for itself.
