Poor response from foreign students

Dailymirror

Wednesday, 03 August 2011 02:05

By Kelum Bandara
Though the government had initially planned to admit around 1000 foreign students to local universities, only a few applications had been received so far, officials said yesterday.The Cabinet decided to permit university authorities to admit five per cent of foreign students to local universities, an increase against one per cent allocated for such students in the past.
For foreign students the annual course fee would be US $ 12,000 for Medical and Dental Sciences, US $ 10,000 for Para Medical Courses such as Nursing, Pharmacy, Radiography and US $ 8000 for Engineering Design and Architecture.
For Law, the course fee is US $ 5000 and US $ 4,000 for Management Studies and Commerce.
Higher Education Ministry Secretary Dr. Sunil Jayantha Navaratne, however, said only one or two applications had been received upto now.
“There is no deadline as such. We may receive more applications in the future,” he said.