Moratuwa University: Re-opening closed sections decision on Monday 

January 4, 2013, 10:18 pm , the island

By Dasun Edirisinghe

The date for re-opening the temporarily closed sections of the Moratuwa University will be decided after a meeting between two the student factions and officials on Monday.

Vice Chancellor Prof. Ananda Jayawardane told The Island that the university’s Engineering Faculty and Institute of Technology had been closed indefinitely following a clash between students of the two institutions on Tuesday night.

The university premises and hostels had also been declared out of bounds for students attached to the Engineering faculty and Technology Institute to prevent further clashes.

Prof. Jayawardane said that the university administration had already launched an inquiry into the incident, in which several students received minor injuries.

There was no damage to property. Those found guilty, by the inquiry, would be punished, he said.

Prof. Jayawardane said however, special lectures conducted by foreign lecturers and projects of the Engineering Faculty and the Institute of Technology would continue as usual although the premises had been declared out of bounds for students.

"The other faculties of the university function as usual," he said.