09/13/2011
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TruthDive
Colombo, Sep 13 (TruthDive): US Assistant Secretary of State, Robert O Blake’s efforts to meet student representatives of Jaffna university to hear first hand account of human rights violation were blocked by supporters of Rajapakse – the EPDP paramilitary cum political party. Police were mere spectators. Geneva indicated that Sri Lanka’s war crimes report produced by Ban appointed UN panel of experts has been submitted to the UN’s Human Rights Commission. The placards displayed by EPDP supporters asked Blake as to how much dollars he paid or vodka he gifted to get the information from people he met.
05/25/2011
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Saudi Gazette
Just as government troops prepared this week to celebrate the second anniversary of the decimation of Tamil separatist rebels, thousands of young, new entrants to national universities across Sri Lanka on Monday began entering military camps for a three-week training course that has triggered an intense debate as to whether the country is heading towards a militarized society.
05/25/2011
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BBC
The UNP accuse the government of promoting state terrorism. The opposition party also blamed the ruling party of being responsible for the deaths of thousands
05/19/2011
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BBC
Student unions in Sri Lanka have objected to a scheme under which university entrants must undergo military training.
04/11/2011
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On Lanka
Students from the Ramanathan Academy of Fine Arts of Jaffna University enjoyed a very rare opportunity today on 11 April when they visited Colombo for an educational trip. It is the first time in their lifetime these students have visited southern part of Sri Lanka. They met President Mahinda Rajapaksa when they visited Temple Trees this afternoon.
03/10/2011
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Daily Mirror
A schoolboy was injured at Velvettiturai in Jaffna after a soldier who was taken unawares fired his rifle accidentally when the boy had crept up from behind and tapped the soldier’s weapon, the Jaffna security forces said yesterday.
02/22/2011
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TamilNet
The Sinhala establishment in Colombo, gripped by fear and paranoia has blocked 400 students of Jaffna university, who were scheduled to leave the University in three buses on Tuesday to attend the funeral of Parvathi Amma.
02/13/2011
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University World News
Sri Lanka's universities have been embroiled in controversy over a Ministry of Higher Education announcement that some 20,000 students will receive training each year at military bases in order to learn 'soft skills'.
12/26/2010
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Express Buzz
COLOMBO: The Jaffna University Students’ Union is to launch a campaign to prevent the erosion of Tamil culture due to outside influences appearing in the wake of the end of the 30-year war, and the opening up road links between the hitherto isolated northern peninsula and the rest of Sri Lanka.
11/14/2010
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Groundviews
The university has been the most dependable and organic reservoir of full time political as well as leading carders of the JVP throughout its history since its inception in the late the 1960s. With their youthful idealism, the JVP’s utopia of a ‘socialist state’ can be easily inculcated in their minds until the hard reality of their class character contributes to dissipate their determination and make a return to their normal life. The JVP profits from this short period of young people’s inexperienced and immature political journey and tries to make a political come back on their misery. The universities face an uncertain future for two fundamental reasons today. Firstly, the JVP continues to use the genuine issues within the university system to bolster their flagging political fortunes in the Sinhalese dominated South which has been their historical power base. Secondly it appears that the government has failed to understand or unwilling to acknowledge that there are issues in our universities that need to be resolved.