Teacher university receives initial funding
View(s):The Government has allocated Rs 1 billion to convert national education colleges to degree-awarding universities for the benefit of prospective teachers.
Money for the initial preparations has been allocated with more allocations to follow.
Education colleges offer diplomas for prospective teachers, but the Education Ministry decided to convert the institutions to degree-awarding universities.
Education Minister Susil Premajayantha said that the relevant Cabinet decision has now been sent to the Legal Draftsman to prepare the necessary legislation.
He said they hoped to enroll the first batch of students by 2025 based on the GCE (A/L) results for this year. A system similar to the Z-score markings used to select students to State universities will be used.
Usually about 5,000 diploma holders graduate from the Colleges, and the Government hopes to enlist about 5,000 undergraduates in each batch.
The first batch is to graduate in 2028, and the education system will have more graduates to recruit as teachers.
Minister Premajayantha said that a system where students selected to other universities could transfer to the new university, if they so wished, will also be introduced.
Arrangements are underway to recruit staff for the new universities.
-DWI
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