The University of Sabaragamuwa has been closed until further notice, following a tense situation which had prevailed within the university premises today, the Ministry of Higher Education said.
It has been reported that the decision was taken after a group of female university students had forcefully entered a boys’ hostel at the university.
Earlier today, police officers had intervened and dispersed a group of students who were obstructing the opening of a new hostel for girls at the Sabaragamuwa University by the Minister of Higher Education, S.B. Dissanayake.
The students had engaged in a protest against the opening of the hostel building this morning by blocking the road at Pabahinna as the minister arrived for the opening ceremony, claiming that the building was substandard.
Police had resorted to using water cannons in order to disperse the protesting students.
However, the building was eventually declared open by Minister S.B. Dissanayake, Ada Derana reporter said.
