Undergrads launch signature campaign against PMC,  fee-paying university courses

November 6, 2014, 9:47 pm





by Dasun Edirisinghe

Undergraduates launched a campaign to collect signatures on a 50-foot-long banner in protest against the Malabe Private Medical College, fee-paying courses offered by national universities and funds collected by schools from parents.

Convener of the Inter University Students’ Federation (IUSF) Najith Indika said that the university students had launched their campaign from Fort Railway Station and already collected a large number of signatures in Galle and Anuradhapura.

He said that they expected to collect signatures for the banner from 150 towns in the country within three weeks. "We educate people on present education privatization plans and launch leaflet distribution campaigns parallel to collecting signatures."

At the SLFP Media Conference on Wednesday, Investment Promotion Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena said some parents donated money to schools on their own and principals did not ask for funds.