Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Peradeniya increases intake by 760

, the island

By Cyril Wimlasurendre

KANDY – The University of Peradeniya had increased the intake of new students this year by 760. This number is in addition to the usual 2,500 new entrants, Vice Chancellor Professor Athula Senaratne said.

The additional 760 students would be taken, in complying with the Supreme Court order, issued following the 2011 Z-score calculation fiasco, according to Professor Senaratne.

The new term for the freshers will begin in March this year.

He told a media conference that a number of welfare programmes for the new entrants had been designed with the cooperation of the students council of the University.