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The
Government
has
launched
projects
worth
Rs.1058
million
to
provide
higher
education
facilities
to
children
of the
displaced
from
terrorism
in the
North,
funded
by the
ADB and
the
World
Bank,
under
the
‘Uthuru
Vasanthaya’
Northern
Development
Program.
This
follows
a survey
which
gathered
information
about
students
who have
missed
their
higher
education
due to
the
conflict
in the
North.
Under
this
program,
a Rs.23
million
project
has been
launched
to
restart
higher
education
courses
at the
Jaffna
University
and
proposed
Vavuniya
University
while
Rs.90.33
million
would be
spent to
put up a
hostel
for
medical
students
at the
Jaffna
University,
the
Ministry
of
Education
said.
Construction
work on
an
academic
and
administrative
buildings
costing
Rs.609.89
million
has
started
at the
Jaffna
Institute
of
Higher
Technological
Education.
Another
Rs.30
million
has been
set
apart to
improve
the
quality
of
existing
courses
and
introduction
of new
courses
at this
Technological
Institute
while
Rs.14.45
million
has been
earmarked
for
improvement
of its
infrastructure
facilities,
the
Ministry
further
said.
Steps
have
also
been
taken to
set up a
new
Institute
of
Higher
Technology
at
Vavuniya
costing
Rs.65
million
and
another
Rs.60
million
had been
allocated
for
improvement
of basic
facilities
at the
new
university
at
Vavuniya
due to
be
completed
in 2011,
the
Ministry
added.
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