Chairman of the University Grants Commission (UGC) - Prof. Sampath Amaratunga has told the media that steps have been taken to declare 03 more national level universities soon.
Accordingly, the Vavuniya Campus, formerly affiliated to the University of Jaffna, will be declared as the University of Vavuniya - the 17th national university of Sri Lanka.
In addition, all nursing colleges in the country would be brought together to declare a university of Nursing, he had added.
Also, the colleges of Education islandwide would be brought together to form the 19th university of the island, the university offering a degree in Teaching, he had further noted.
(Mirror)