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Universities to recommence with 50% student capacity 

29 Dec 2021

BY Buddhika Samaraweera The University Grants Commission (UGC) has decided to allow universities to continue academic activities with a maximum student capacity of 50% from yesterday (29), The Morning learnt. When contacted by The Morning, UGC Chairman Senior Prof. Sampath Amaratunge said that universities have been allowed to carry out academic activities with 50% of the student capacity. He also said that the lectures and other academic activities of universities would be conducted under strict Covid-19-related health guidelines. “Universities have been provided with the necessary instructions with regard to the resumption of academic activities,” he said. Given the prevailing Covid-19 pandemic, universities had been closed for a few months and the academic activities, however, conducted online. The Inter University Students’ Federation (IUSF) last month emphasised on the need to expedite the reopening of universities which were closed due to the pandemic situation. IUSF Convener Wasantha Mudalige, said at that time, that the Government should formulate a programme to expand the existing facilities in the universities given the Covid-19 pandemic situation, thereby paving the way for the reopening of the universities. He said that the Government should take immediate action to improve facilities, particularly in the lecture halls, hostels, canteens, and quarantine facilities. In response to the IUSF’s request to expand facilities at the UGC, Prof. Amaratunge told The Morning last month that the relevant universities should look into such matters. “It is the responsibility of the relevant university to look into any facilities that need to be developed. There is a way for them to get the necessary provisions for such,” he said.

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