The Minister of Education Prof. G. L. Peiris stated today (22) at the Parliament that the reopening of universities will be postponed for another two weeks due to the prevailing Covid-19 pandemic situation in the country.
The Minister further said that even though all the universities were scheduled to be reopened on April 27, the decision to further postpone was taken following the advice of the Director-General of Health Services.
All the Vice-Chancellors of the universities have been informed regarding this.
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