37 Peradeniya undergrads to be suspended?

May 11, 2013, 6:43 pm

By Cyril Wimalasurendre, The SundayIsland

Thirty seven senior undergraduates of the University of Peradeniya have been identified and listed for suspension on charges of ragging freshers.

However, action to be initiated against them will be determined by the deans of the faculties they belong to, a university official said last week.

The decision to entrust the respective deans of the faculties to report whether the suspected undergraduates be suspended or not was taken following a lengthy discussion between the representatives of the students’ union and the university authorities.

The 37 senior undergraduates have been identified and were recommended to be punished by suspension by a professor of the university. The suspected undergraduates are from the faculties of arts, veterinary science and science, he said.

At the discussion between the students’ unions and university authorities inclusive of the deans of faculties on Friday (10) afternoon, a decision was taken to allocate two university bungalows for residential facilities for undergraduates, which was one of the demands of the students unions, he said.