1. Ethnic Representation, Regional Imbalance and University Admissions in Sri Lanka.
- Author
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Gunawardena, Chandra
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ETHNIC groups ,UNIVERSITIES & colleges ,PUBLIC institutions ,COLLEGE students ,EDUCATION ,EDUCATIONAL planning ,BURGHERS (Sri Lankan people) ,TAMIL (Indic people) - Abstract
The article focuses on the ethnic representation at the university level in Sri Lanka. The University of Sri Lanka was established in 1942. A comparison of statistics with the island-wide distribution of different ethnic groups resulted to the finding that the ethnic groups Burghers and the Tamils were over-represented in the university population. The Sinhalese and the Moors/Malays were under-represented. The arguments of the Ministry of Education in the standardization of marks and the district quota scheme are presented. The scheme, however, ignores the genetic factor in intelligence.
- Published
- 1979
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