Comments on: Reforming Sri Lankan Universities-Lessons from Upsampada Revival http://www.educationforum.lk/2007/07/reforming-sri-lankan-universities-lessons-from-upsampada-revival/ Discussion on Sri Lankan Education Issues Mon, 03 May 2010 05:50:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: diyasena http://www.educationforum.lk/2007/07/reforming-sri-lankan-universities-lessons-from-upsampada-revival/comment-page-1/#comment-4888 diyasena Fri, 13 Jul 2007 07:27:44 +0000 http://http://www.educationforum.lk/2007/07/reforming-sri-lankan-universities-lessons-from-upsampada-revival/#comment-4888 I did, Mayooresan. But are we talking about the same thing? You want private universities. I expressed no opinion on that. My question was how do we reform the presently existing so-called universities? I did not provide a comprehensive answer, but just a component, perhaps the most controversial one. An alternative is to let the present universities atrophy and let the new private universities take their place. The problem with that approach is that the old ones will not go quietly; lots of young lives will be damaged by the bad education they impart; and the private universities that do come in, will focus on professional subjects like business, IT, medicine; they will not go into the core curriculum of language, humanities, etc. that we have to admit a country needs (even if not in the quantities they are now produced in, and at much higher levels of quality). I am interested in thoughts about how to reform the existing universities. I did, Mayooresan. But are we talking about the same thing? You want private universities. I expressed no opinion on that. My question was how do we reform the presently existing so-called universities? I did not provide a comprehensive answer, but just a component, perhaps the most controversial one.

An alternative is to let the present universities atrophy and let the new private universities take their place. The problem with that approach is that the old ones will not go quietly; lots of young lives will be damaged by the bad education they impart; and the private universities that do come in, will focus on professional subjects like business, IT, medicine; they will not go into the core curriculum of language, humanities, etc. that we have to admit a country needs (even if not in the quantities they are now produced in, and at much higher levels of quality).

I am interested in thoughts about how to reform the existing universities.

]]> By: Mayooresan http://www.educationforum.lk/2007/07/reforming-sri-lankan-universities-lessons-from-upsampada-revival/comment-page-1/#comment-4882 Mayooresan Fri, 13 Jul 2007 04:57:50 +0000 http://http://www.educationforum.lk/2007/07/reforming-sri-lankan-universities-lessons-from-upsampada-revival/#comment-4882 I do agree with you.. but not totally!! ;) Raed my review on Sri Lankan universities... http://mayuonline.com/eblog/?p=29 I do agree with you.. but not totally!! ;)

Raed my review on Sri Lankan universities…
http://mayuonline.com/eblog/?p=29

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