The University of Vavuniya is scheduled to open today (11) as the 17th University in the country.
The University Grants Commission (UGC) stated that the university will be officially opened under the patronage of President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa.
A gazette notification was issued on June 08 last year to rename the Vavuniya Campus of the University of Jaffna as the University of Vavuniya.
Accordingly, about 400 Sinhala students are already enrolled in the University of Vavuniya, said the Chairman of the University Grants Commission, Prof. Sampath Amaratunga.