
New Recommendations to Resolve SAITM Issue
The committee of the Higher Education Chaired by Professor Ashu Marasinghe submitted its report to the Parliament today.
Recommendations in a nutshell:
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Maintaining the standard by involving a monitoring institution.
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Final Examination should be in accordance with the direction and guidelines given by the University Grants Commission based on MBBS examination.
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SAITM should provide education free of charge to 20% of the students in the Medical Faculty.
Along with this several other recommendations were made:
JVP MP Anura kumara Dissnayake requested for a debate on this matter.