Ruhunu Uni. Agri  student protested demanding hostel  facilities

January 4, 2012, 11:06 pm , The Island.

by Dasun Edirisinghe

Undergraduates of the Ruhuna University protested yesterday (04) demanding hostels for all students in the Faculty of Agriculture.

Convener of the Inter University Students Federation Sanjeewa Bandara told The Island that the university administration provided hostels for all students until 2010, but now they have asked students to pay for the facility.

"Our demand is for them to provide the facility to all without charging for it," he said.

Bandara said that that Ruhuna University’s Agriculture Faculty, located at Mapalana in Kamburupitiya was a remote area. Therefore, hostel facilities must be provided to the students. There are several vacant hotels inside the faculty premises, he said.

According to him, there are 500 students in the faculty at present. The university administration removed two batches of students from the hostels recently.

"University administration’s newest decision is to provide hostel facilities for only two years," he said.

Bandara said that they would protest until their demands were met.