{"id":137963,"date":"2015-01-26T15:40:31","date_gmt":"2015-01-26T10:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=137963"},"modified":"2015-02-02T19:52:53","modified_gmt":"2015-02-02T14:22:53","slug":"questions-to-usj-senate-on-namal-rajapaksas-dodgy-phd-attempt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/questions-to-usj-senate-on-namal-rajapaksas-dodgy-phd-attempt\/","title":{"rendered":"Questions To USJ Senate On Namal Rajapaksa’s \u2018Dodgy\u2019 PhD Attempt"},"content":{"rendered":"

There had been a number of stories about a PhD program by Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa<\/span><\/a> at the University of Sri Jayawardenepura. As published by Colombo Telepgraph earlier<\/span><\/a>, the junior Rajapaksa has been successful in securing the senate and academic council for this program.<\/p>\n

\"Former<\/a>

Former Higher Education Minister and Namal<\/p><\/div>\n

The University in its Senate Report 316.08.05 said that it has approved the candidacy of Lakshman Namal Rajapaksa for a PhD program under the registration number 1805SS2011001 for a research on a study on the Social Cultural Factors influencing Child Sex Abuse in Sri Lanka under the supervision of Prof N L A Karunaratna who was the former Vice Chancellor of the university and Prof M W Jayasundara, the Dean of the Criminology Department of the university. The appointed examiners are Prof Sarath Amarasinghe of the Ruhuna University and Prof Daya Amarasekera of the Peradeniya University.<\/p>\n

As far as Colombo Telegraph understands Namal Rajapaksa does not possess with necessary qualifications to pursue a PhD study. According to university sources, even his basic degree is in question.<\/p>\n

Thus, the Colombo Telegraph would request the university senate to respond to us for the following questions;<\/p>\n

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  1. Did Lakshman Namal Rajapaksa provide his necessary qualifications to pursue a PhD Program ? If so what are the provided qualifications<\/li>\n
  2. Did the university counter-check the provided qualifications by the candidate?<\/li>\n
  3. Does the university conduct MAQ examinations on annual basis for all applicants? If so when was the MAQ exam held for the years 2013 and 2014?<\/li>\n
  4. Did Rajapaksa sit for a special MAQ exam conducted by the university only for him?<\/li>\n
  5. What are the qualifications to sit for a MAQ exam and does Rajapaksa have those qualifications? If so please provide us with the details.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \"Namal<\/a><\/p>\n

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