UGC accepts late appeals

Parliamentary Corrs

Higher Education Minister S B Dissanayake had given orders to the University Grants Commission (UGC) to accept all appeals sent by students who were unable to apply for University admission for the Academic Year 2010/2011.

The Minister was responding to a special statement made by DNA MP Anura Kumara Dissanayake in Parliament yesterday.

He said that even though the closing date to send the duly filled applications was January 14, the UGC is still accepting the applications they receive by post.

He also said that students who are awaiting recorrection results can also apply soon after they receive recorrection results.

“The UGC has already received over 50,000 applications and this is the usual number of applications they receive every year,” he said.

“However, if any student has failed to apply due to bad weather or any other reason still he or she has the chance to apply after sending a appeal,” he said.

The Minister also denied the allegation that there was a shortage of UGC handbook in bookstalls and stated that neither the Ministry nor the UGC was informed of such a shortage.

He mentioned that about 67,602 handbooks were issued this year and this number was 62,390 and 57,794 for last two years respectively.