Landmark court verdict on SAITM opens doors wide for 5 foreign Universities including Manipal – Lakshman Kiriella (Video and Audio)

(Lanka-e-News -01.Feb.2017, 11.30PM) There are  five International Universities  in the waiting list to open their branches in Sri Lanka , and they were waiting until the court delivered the crucial verdict pertaining to SAITM medical College , and Manipal University is one of them , said Lakshman Kiriella , the minister of higher education  when speaking to Lanka e news to make a special statement in connection with the landmark court verdict delivered yesterday.

The main Manipal University which is located in Karnataka state , India and has 52 branches across the world . This  University is a  member of the Commonwealth group of Universities , and already an MOU has been signed with it. A plot of land in Kalutara has been demarcated towards this , and following this court decision , they are going to most swiftly construct the building , the minister revealed.

On account of the  students who are following higher education in Sri Lanka , a sum of about Rs. 7000 million is  being pumped out of the country  unnecessarily every year  , the minister pinpointed. These funds can be saved within SL now , and besides, those students who are denied the opportunity to enter State Universities can select a University here  without worrying about  foreign Universities , the minister highlighted. 

The full text of Lakshman Kiriella’s special statement is below

Those  who wish to save data , can listen to the audio tape only  by clicking here 

Video footage is hereunder 

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