Establishment of a University of Education by upgrading the National Colleges of Education into university campuses. – Cabinet Approved
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An expert committee headed by Professor Gunapala Nanayakkara has been appointed as per the Cabinet decision dated 04.12.2019 to make recommendations on the administrative and legal procedure to be followed concerning the upgrading of the current National College of Education to the status of a university faculty with the aim of making the entire teaching community of Sri Lanka graduates. The said committee has recommended to upgrade 19 out of 20 existing National Colleges of Education as university campuses and to establish a new university named Sri Lanka University of Education. Accordingly the cabinet of Ministers approved the proposal presented by the Minister of Education to advise the legal draftsman to initiate the preparation of new bill for the imposition of relevant legal provisions
