Closure mellows undergrads

Willing to sort out problems through dialogue

October 30, 2011, 9:47 pm


by Dasun Edirisinghe

Senior students of the Colombo University’s Management Faculty are willing to solve the problems that led to the closure of their faculty, through talks.

President (elect) of the Management Faculty Students Union Lahiru Randika told The Island yesterday that both student factions, hostellers and non hostellers, had already held a discussion with university administration on Friday.

The Management Faculty of the Colombo University was closed last Tuesday, until further notice, following clashes between two rival student groups.

The decision to close the faculty was taken following clashes over ragging incidents.

The faculty premises were declared out of bounds for all students except for the first-year undergraduates.

"We don’t want the faculty to remain closed," Randika said adding that they would help the university administration to trace the culprits, if it conducted an inquiry into the matter.

He said that due to closure of the faculty all examinations would be postponed.

"The next round of discussions to solve the problems would be held during this week," Randika said.

Senior Students Counsellor of the University Premakumara de Silva said that the clash had been between two student groups for and against ragging.

He said that ragging would be eliminated from the university at any cost.

"The students found guilty for Tuesday’s incident would be punished", said de Silva.