President and university students discuss country promotion plans
View(s):President Ranil Wickremesinghe has invited ideas and plans of youth from universities to transform Sri Lanka into a developed nation.
A discussion regarding this programme was held on Thursday, (19th) at the Presidential Secretariat. During this discussion, plans related to the development of major cities in each district as tourist cities formulated by the lecturers and students of all universities were presented to the President.
Several State universities were divided into groups to present tourism plans for each districts. Accordingly, the Jaffna and Vavuniya Universities, focusing on the Jaffna District, and the Kelaniya and Rajarata Universities focusing on the Anuradhapura District, presented their tourism plans.
The Ruhuna University, Sabaragamuwa University and Sir John Kotelawala Defence University jointly submitted plans for the Galle District.
The Colombo University, Sri Jayawardenepura University, University of Fine Arts and Moratuwa University jointly submitted their plans for the Colombo District.
The Peradeniya, Wayamba and Uva Wellassa Universities jointly presented the plans related to the Kandy District, while the Eastern and South Eastern Universities presented the plans for the Batticaloa District.
President Wickremesinghe said that private-sector financial assistance could be sought to support this programme led by the youth, and appreciated the university community’s involvement in these projects and commended their contribution.
Senior Advisor to the President on National Security and Chief of Staff to the President Sagala Ratnayake, Secretary to the President Saman Ekanayake, Chairman of the University Grants Commission Dr Sampath Amaratunga and other officials of line institutions joined this discussion online.
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