Action to establish 3 international universities in Sri Lanka- Suren Raghavan.

 Following the attention of specialists with foreign expertise in education, according to Minister of State for Higher Education Suren Raghavan, they have concentrated on giving multidisciplinary degrees through government universities.

In addition, the State Minister announced that plans had been made to open three foreign universities in Sri Lanka.

This was said by State Minister Suren Raghavan during a press conference at the Presidential Media Center on 14.02.2024.

Here are some remarks made by State Minister Suren Raghavan.

"We have started the process of establishing three foreign universities in Sri Lanka." Two of these universities are already under construction. By May of this year, a third university will also be founded in Sri Lanka.

In Kandy, the Indian Institute of Technology will open. We are prepared to sign an MOU with the other two colleges, which will open two branches with an emphasis on the United States and the United Kingdom.

There are now preliminary talks to establish a new Higher Education Development Commission that would incorporate the University Grants Commission's committee report and the Vijayadasa Rajapaksa committee report. Former Chief Justice K. We've started the process of designating Sri Bhavan. It is anticipated that the draft law will be presented to Parliament and that the legal foundation for this will be discussed.

Additionally, talks about offering multidisciplinary degrees at government colleges have begun. The Australian Embassy has sent the Australian Minister of Higher Education an invitation to come to Sri Lanka.

It is also planned for ministers with experience from ten universities, including the Universities of Sydney and Melbourne, to visit Sri Lanka. It is also anticipated that after analyzing our educational circumstances, the following steps will be discussed.

Regularization of the private higher education industry is also necessary. The Minister of State for Higher Education continued, "But we also have to state that we are not prepared to sell the education industry.