CHOGM holiday for universities

6 November 2013 12:28 pm Views - 6120

The University Grants Commission (UGC) today announced that an eight-day vacation would be given to all universities countrywide starting Saturday, due to requests made by many undergraduates in light of the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM).

UGC Chairman, Professor Kshanika Hirimburegama speaking to Daily Mirror online said the vacation would start on November 9 and continue until November 17.

“The decision was made mainly due to requests by many undergraduates who were unsure about attending lectures due to security and traffic plan arrangements made before the CHOGM. Moreover, there are also a significant number of undergraduates involved with the organisational activities of the CHOGM and its sessions. We did not wish for their academic activities to be disrupted as well,” she explained.

Professor Hirimburegama also stated that during the eight-day vacation they had made arrangements for students residing in university hostels to move out, so that the hostels could be renovated and cleaned up. (Lakna Paranamanna)