{"id":140833,"date":"2015-03-11T00:29:40","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T18:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=140833"},"modified":"2015-03-11T00:36:30","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T19:06:30","slug":"full-text-of-draft-higher-education-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/full-text-of-draft-higher-education-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Full Text Of Draft Higher Education Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Given below is the text of the draft Higher Education Act prepared by a Committee appointed on January 27th at the meeting of the UGC and Vice-Chancellors and Directors.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/University-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-140835\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/University--150x150.jpg\" alt=\"First Teaching Hospital-SAITM Hospital Malabe\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/University--150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/University--50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>The draft Act has been sent to the President Maithripala Sirisena, and also to the Secretary to the Ministry of Higher Education, to take it forward after fuller discussion. 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