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.
11/04/2010
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The Sunday Leader
While the Sri Lankan government was fighting for control of the North, it had already lost control of many of its universities. “During the last 40 years, the politicians did not sight our universities,” said Minister S.B. Dissanayake in a recent newspaper interview.
11/04/2010
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Groundviews
Recent months in Sri Lanka have seen a dramatic increase in the number of protests involving thousands of university students, many of which have turned violent. An online poll by the Daily Mirror has, out of 795 votes to date, 79% agreeing that the involvement of university students in politics has far exceeded limits and needs to be curtailed
10/31/2010
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Daily Times-Pakistan
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s National Trade Union Centre (NTUC) while condemning the arrest of Inter University Student Federation (IUSF) Convener, Udul Premaratna warned that the trade unions would join the students in their campaign, reported the Colombo Page.