According to Higher Education Ministry reports, over seven tertiary
education institutions operate in the country at present, offering
degree certificates on various educational fields.
The Minister also referred to the protest carried out by the GMOA
last week against the decision taken by the Higher Education Ministry to
legalise the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) at
Malabe. He said only those who missed entry to Sri Lankan Medical
Colleges by a few marks seek enrolment in this private medical college.
He said the SAITM was established in 2008 and the University Grants
Commission (UGC) has approved it after monitoring its education
facilities for over two years.
It is reported that the SAITM is affiliated to the University of
Wolverhampton, University of Buckingham, Asian Institute of Technology
and Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy and the quality and standard
of the medical degrees awarded come under the purview of the UGC and the
Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC).
Meanwhile, a senior official of the SAITM said the private medical
college has many facilities including lecture halls, auditoriums,
tutorial rooms, laboratories and museums for anatomy, physiology,
biochemistry, parasitology and pathology, while others are being
constructed.
It is also reported that the GMOA's planned strike last Wednesday was
called off after certain demands were made to the SAITM.
The SAITM also turned down the request made by the Health Ministry
and the GMOA to suspend enrolling students to the institution.
Meanwhile, Health Minister Maithreepala Sirisena at a recent function
at the Batticaloa Teaching Hospital said education and other facilities
at private medical colleges should be of a high standard and it is their
duty to produce qualified doctors to cater to the needs of patients.
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