Sri Lanka student union objects military interference in university affairs

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Sri Lanka's Inter University Students' Federation (IUSF) says that university students would join hands to stand against the government's attempt to make the military interfere in the country's university system.

IUSF Convener, Sanjeewa Bandara says that it would discuss with the university lecturers and other students groups on the measures to be taken to safeguard democracy and freedom in universities.

Bandara observed that the government was using the military to suppress democracy and university students.

He says that the whole concept of socializing with the military could have an adverse impact on the university system.

According to Bandara, the government was trying to get the military involved in university affairs through various means like volunteer campaigns (Shramadana) and workshops.

A shramadana had recently been organized at the Ruhuna University despite objections raised by the students and staff.

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