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"නිදහස් අධ්‍යාපනය දිනේවා..!"
අදින් පසු නොමිලයේ උගන්වනවා යැයි
දැනුම්දුන් විට දැනෙන සතුට..!
නිව්යෝර්ක් නගරයේ පිහිටා ඇති ඇල්බර්ට් අයින්ස්ටයින් වෛද්‍ය විද්‍යාලය, එහි ඉගෙනුම ලබන ශිෂ්‍යයන්ගෙන් තවදුරටත් මුදල් අයනොකරන බව නිවේදනය කර තිබේ.
ඒ, ඇමරිකානු ඩොලර් බිලියනයක පරිත්‍යාගයක් එම විශ්ව විද්‍යාලයට ලැබී ඇති බැවිනි.
මෙම අති දැවැන්ත මුදල එම විශ්ව විද්‍යාලයට පරිත්‍යාග කර තිබෙන්නේ, වසර පනස් පහක් එම විශ්ව විද්‍යාලයේ අධ්‍යක්ෂ මණ්ඩල සභාපතිනිය ලෙස කටයුතු කර තිබෙන, රූත් ගොටෙස්මන් නමැති අනූ තුන්වියැති කාන්තාව විසිනි.
ඇයට එම මුදල උරුම වන්නේ ඇගේ සැමියාගෙනි.
ඇගේ සැමියා ඩේවිඩ් සැන්ඩි ගොටෙස්මන් ය.
ඔහු, බර්ක්ෂෙයර් හතාවේ [BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC] නමැති සුප්‍රසිද්ධ සමාගමේ ආයෝජකයෙකු මෙන්ම, එම සමාගමේ ප්‍රධාන විධායක නිළධාරියා වන වොරන්ට් බෆෙට්ගේ Warren Buffett දීර්ඝකාලීන මිත්‍රයෙකු බවද පැවසේ.
අදින් පසු නොමිලයේ උගන්වනවා යැයි
දැනුම්දුන් විට දැනෙන සතුට..!
නිව්යෝර්ක් නගරයේ පිහිටා ඇති ඇල්බර්ට් අයින්ස්ටයින් වෛද්‍ය විද්‍යාලය, එහි ඉගෙනුම ලබන ශිෂ්‍යයන්ගෙන් තවදුරටත් මුදල් අයනොකරන බව නිවේදනය කර තිබේ.
ඒ, ඇමරිකානු ඩොලර් බිලියනයක පරිත්‍යාගයක් එම විශ්ව විද්‍යාලයට ලැබී ඇති බැවිනි.
මෙම අති දැවැන්ත මුදල එම විශ්ව විද්‍යාලයට පරිත්‍යාග කර තිබෙන්නේ, වසර පනස් පහක් එම විශ්ව විද්‍යාලයේ අධ්‍යක්ෂ මණ්ඩල සභාපතිනිය ලෙස කටයුතු කර තිබෙන, රූත් ගොටෙස්මන් නමැති අනූ තුන්වියැති කාන්තාව විසිනි.
ඇයට එම මුදල උරුම වන්නේ ඇගේ සැමියාගෙනි.
ඇගේ සැමියා ඩේවිඩ් සැන්ඩි ගොටෙස්මන් ය.
ඔහු, බර්ක්ෂෙයර් හතාවේ [BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC] නමැති සුප්‍රසිද්ධ සමාගමේ ආයෝජකයෙකු මෙන්ම, එම සමාගමේ ප්‍රධාන විධායක නිළධාරියා වන වොරන්ට් බෆෙට්ගේ Warren Buffett දීර්ඝකාලීන මිත්‍රයෙකු බවද පැවසේ.
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𝐊𝐃𝐔 හරහා වෛද්‍ය උපාධිය මුදල් ගෙවීමේ පදනම මත පිරිනැමීම පිළිබදව විශේෂඥ වෛද්‍යවරුන්ගේ සංගමයේ අදහස.
26th April 2024
Mr. E M S B Ekanayake,
Secretary to the HE the President,
Presidential secretariat,
Colombo 1.
Dear sir,
𝐑𝐞: 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬.
It has been brought to our notice that different entry criteria other than the Z score have been proposed to admit students to fee levying medical undergraduate programs of the state-owned medical school of Kothalawala Defense University. So far, all state sector medical faculties admitted students purely based on the Advance Level Examinations Z score, though the UGC permitted only small allocation of additional marks for students who excelled in extracurricular activities (0.5% of admissions within the 0.2 of the cut of Z score for students who have excelled in extracurricular activities - 6.2 of the UGC hand book)
𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐛𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀/𝐋 𝐙 𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲, 𝐩𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬. If other factors like extracurricular achievements are considered more than the current UGC criteria, it can certainly lead to unfair and unequal opportunities to some who are economically and socially privileged, removing the current “level playing field” on admissions to state medical schools especially for a fee levying program.
This is because
1. Some of the extracurricular activities like certain sports need expensive equipment, expensive coaches and extra funds to participate in competitions especially ones held internationally.
2. Some of students simply lack the access to certain extracurricular activities due to poor facilities in their schools or lack of extra time as they spend much time to travel to school from distantly placed homes.
3. Biased assessments and favoritism can play a role during admissions as there are no proper standards or methodology to allocate marks to such extracurricular activities.
It is also timely to give a serious consideration to the current minimum entry criteria to medical undergraduate courses stipulated in the gazette on minimum standards of medical education followed by the Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC).
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐀/𝐋 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝟐𝐂𝐬 & 𝟏𝐒 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐦 𝐀/𝐋 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐀/𝐋 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐬.
At present in Sri Lanka we observe that a large number of students have obtained extremely good A/L results and the number of students who obtain A grades in all three subjects (3As) has also increased considerably in recent years. All these facts justify increasing the minimum A/L criteria to enter into medical degree programs in Sri Lanka to be on par with the international standards.
Currently, the state sector grade medical officer vacancies are filled to great extent by the increased number of medical graduates passing out from state medical schools and foreign medical graduates who have being successful at the ERPM examination. At present state medical schools collectively admit more than 2000 students as medical undergraduates yearly and several hundred foreign medical graduates also join the medical workforce annually.
26th April 2024
Mr. E M S B Ekanayake,
Secretary to the HE the President,
Presidential secretariat,
Colombo 1.
Dear sir,
𝐑𝐞: 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬.
It has been brought to our notice that different entry criteria other than the Z score have been proposed to admit students to fee levying medical undergraduate programs of the state-owned medical school of Kothalawala Defense University. So far, all state sector medical faculties admitted students purely based on the Advance Level Examinations Z score, though the UGC permitted only small allocation of additional marks for students who excelled in extracurricular activities (0.5% of admissions within the 0.2 of the cut of Z score for students who have excelled in extracurricular activities - 6.2 of the UGC hand book)
𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐛𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀/𝐋 𝐙 𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲, 𝐩𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬. If other factors like extracurricular achievements are considered more than the current UGC criteria, it can certainly lead to unfair and unequal opportunities to some who are economically and socially privileged, removing the current “level playing field” on admissions to state medical schools especially for a fee levying program.
This is because
1. Some of the extracurricular activities like certain sports need expensive equipment, expensive coaches and extra funds to participate in competitions especially ones held internationally.
2. Some of students simply lack the access to certain extracurricular activities due to poor facilities in their schools or lack of extra time as they spend much time to travel to school from distantly placed homes.
3. Biased assessments and favoritism can play a role during admissions as there are no proper standards or methodology to allocate marks to such extracurricular activities.
It is also timely to give a serious consideration to the current minimum entry criteria to medical undergraduate courses stipulated in the gazette on minimum standards of medical education followed by the Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC).
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐀/𝐋 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝟐𝐂𝐬 & 𝟏𝐒 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐦 𝐀/𝐋 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐀/𝐋 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐬.
At present in Sri Lanka we observe that a large number of students have obtained extremely good A/L results and the number of students who obtain A grades in all three subjects (3As) has also increased considerably in recent years. All these facts justify increasing the minimum A/L criteria to enter into medical degree programs in Sri Lanka to be on par with the international standards.
Currently, the state sector grade medical officer vacancies are filled to great extent by the increased number of medical graduates passing out from state medical schools and foreign medical graduates who have being successful at the ERPM examination. At present state medical schools collectively admit more than 2000 students as medical undergraduates yearly and several hundred foreign medical graduates also join the medical workforce annually.
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The current approved cadre of grade medical officers in state sector is approximately 22,600 and nearly 21,200 of those are now filled. However, this cadre is extremely outdated as the state health sector has expanded considerably with addition of new hospitals, new units and new specialties over the past few years. Hence the present cadre has to be updated considering above expansion and accepted cadre norms of the Ministry of Health. This will avoid unemployment of medical graduates in the near future.
If there is an excess of medical graduates over the available vacancies in the state sector in future, priority should be given to state medical graduates for whom the tax payers have spent considerably and recruitment has to be done strictly according to the common merit list.
Hence, we propose to convene a meeting of all stakeholders who are directly responsible for above mentioned matters to discuss in detail and to arrive at practical and country friendly decisions to prevent possible unrest among medical undergraduates and graduates and to allow the free state medical sector, which has contributed immensely to improve nation’s health in the past, to function smoothly without any hinderance.
Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
Dr A D K S N Yasawardene - President-AMS
Dr R Gnanasekeram - General Secretary-AMS
If there is an excess of medical graduates over the available vacancies in the state sector in future, priority should be given to state medical graduates for whom the tax payers have spent considerably and recruitment has to be done strictly according to the common merit list.
Hence, we propose to convene a meeting of all stakeholders who are directly responsible for above mentioned matters to discuss in detail and to arrive at practical and country friendly decisions to prevent possible unrest among medical undergraduates and graduates and to allow the free state medical sector, which has contributed immensely to improve nation’s health in the past, to function smoothly without any hinderance.
Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
Dr A D K S N Yasawardene - President-AMS
Dr R Gnanasekeram - General Secretary-AMS