Jaffna University

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The establishment of a full fledged University in Jaffna had been a long standing aspiration of the people of Jaffna. This was fulfilled when a campus of the University of Sri Lanka was established in 1974 by an order made by the Honourable Minister of Education. The campus became an independent and autonomous University bearing the name University of Jaffna on January 01, 1979.

The academic and administrative activities of the university are governed by the Universities Act. No. 16 of 1978., as last amended by Act No 1 of 1995.

From a small beginning in the thirty ac re campus of the then Parameswara College premises founded by the veteran philanthropist, Sir Ponnampalam Ramanathan, the University has grown enormously and is today the home of eight faculties with fifty seven academic departments, several service/academic/support units and centers and a Campus at Vavuniya, about 130 Km from Jaffna. In addition a few more Faculties, Departments and Centres are scheduled for development and will, in time, further open the University’s door to the public and increase its role, responsibilities and commitments to t he region around it.

The student population of the university is about seven thousand. This includes about six thousand two hundred internal students in the main campus, about five hundred postgraduate students and about three hundred and fifty of the Vavuniya campus. Although some students are housed in a few halls of residence, majority of the students find their own non-University accommodation.


History

Establishment of the the University of Jaffna

  1. With the implementation of the Universities Act No. 16 of 1978, and by Gazette notification dated December 22, 1978, the Jaffna Campus became an independent and autonomous University with the name University of Jaffna with effect from January 01, 1979.
  2. Following the ethnic disturbances in 1983, the Siddha section of the Institute of Indigenous Medicine, affiliated to the University of Colombo was transferred to the University of Jaffna on 02 July 1984 and placed as a department under the Faculty of Arts. Since 01 October 1993, the Department of Siddha Medicine has been functioning as a separate unit under the direct administration of the Vice-Chancellor. From September 2003, a management committee appointed by the University council oversee the administration of the Department of Siddha Medicine.
  3. A Computer Unit was established in 1985 as a Service Unit under the overall supervision of the Dean of the Faculty of Science.
  4. Construction of the Main Library building and the Student Centre commenced in early eighties. However the construction works were completely halted as a result of military activities and the economic embargo imposed by the government on 01 January 1987. Only a portion of the ground floor of the Library Block was completed and put into use in 1986.
  5. The activities of both the General Administration and Academic Departments in the University we

À propos du district de Jaffna

Jaffna est la capitale de la province du Nord, au Sri Lanka. 85 % de la population des districts de Jaffna et de Kilinochchi est hindoue et suit la tradition shivaïte. Le reste de la population est majoritairement catholique ou protestant, dont certains sont des descendants de colons, appelés Burghers. Les Tamouls sont organisés en castes, les Vellalar, caste d'agriculteurs, étant majoritaires. Les produits de la mer, les oignons rouges et le tabac constituent les principales productions à Jaffna.

Jaffna abrite de magnifiques temples hindous. Un ancien fort hollandais, remarquablement bien conservé, abrite une vieille église. La Maison du Roi est un autre exemple d'architecture hollandaise. Une visite à Jaffna ne saurait être complète sans avoir goûté à l'exquise mangue de Jaffna, réputée pour sa douceur. À environ 3 km se dresse le majestueux temple de Nallur Kandaswamy, où se déroule le plus grand festival religieux de Jaffna. Le port de Kayts est un ancien site d'amarrage de navires dans la région de Jaffna.

À propos de la province du Nord

La province du Nord est l'une des neuf provinces du Sri Lanka. Bien que les provinces existent depuis le XIXe siècle, elles n'ont acquis de statut juridique qu'en 1987, lorsque le 13e amendement à la Constitution de 1978 a institué les conseils provinciaux. Entre 1988 et 2006, la province a été temporairement fusionnée avec la province de l'Est pour former la province du Nord-Est. Sa capitale est Jaffna.

La province du Nord est située au nord du Sri Lanka, à seulement 35 km de l'Inde. Elle est bordée par le golfe de Mannar et la baie de Palk à l'ouest, le détroit de Palk au nord, le golfe du Bengale à l'est et les provinces de l'Est, du Centre-Nord et du Nord-Ouest au sud. La province compte de nombreuses lagunes, dont les plus importantes sont les lagunes de Jaffna, Nanthi Kadal, Chundikkulam, Vadamarachchi, Uppu Aru, Kokkilai, Nai Aru et Chalai. La plupart des îles qui entourent le Sri Lanka se trouvent à l'ouest de la province du Nord. Les plus grandes sont Kayts, Neduntivu, Karaitivu, Pungudutivu et Mandativu.

La population de la province du Nord s'élevait à 1 311 776 habitants en 2007. Elle est majoritairement composée de Tamouls sri-lankais, avec une minorité de Maures sri-lankais et de Cinghalais. Le tamoul sri-lankais est la langue principale parlée par la grande majorité de la population. Le cinghalais est parlé par 1 % de la population. L'anglais est largement parlé et compris dans les villes.

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