20% of local student to the foreign universiti​es - Minister of Higher Education

20% of local student to the foreign universiti​es - Minister of Higher Education[ Sunday, 03 July 2011, 05:42.39 PM GMT +05:30 ]The Ministry of Higher Education announced that local students would receive 20 percent of the slots in the two foreign universities that are to be set up in the country.

The Minister of Higher Education S.B. Dissanayake madethis announcement during a gathering in Diyathalawa the Minister also said that an agreement had been signed with the two universities that placements would be given on an 80:20 ratio in the first five years. Therefore, 80 percent of the students in the two foreign universities would be foreigners.

The two foreign universities are branches of universities in Japan and China.

However, Dissanayake has assured that the setting up of foreign universities would not have an adverse effect on local students.

The Minister has added that the government was encouraging foreign students to study in state universities in the country.

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