Students from leading schools turn blind eye on ragging in Universities: President

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has said that students from leading schools who enter Universities turn a blind eye on ragging.

President Wickremesinghe during an interaction with prefects of  Royal College raised the issue about ragging in Universities.

The President’s Media Division quoted the President as saying “it seemed that students who attend the universities from schools such as Royal College, Thurstan College, Ananda College and D. S. Senanayake College turn a blind eye when such ragging incidents happen, although a large number of students from these schools are within these universities.

The President also pointed out that the students of those universities have a responsibility to bring ragging in universities to an end and the head prefects of those schools could perform their roles while in school.

The President called the prefects of Royal College to team up with other prefects and try to stop ragging.

President  Wickremesinghe said that the delay in the Sri Lankan university system at the commencement of courses would be avoided enabling students to complete their studies within the stipulated duration.

Head Prefect of Royal College Colombo Kaveesha Rathnayake and the prefects of the college participated in this meeting.