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

Sobre o distrito de Jaffna

Jaffna é a capital da Província do Norte do Sri Lanka. 85% da população dos distritos de Jaffna e Kilinochchi é hindu, seguindo a tradição saivita. O restante é composto principalmente por católicos romanos ou protestantes, alguns dos quais descendentes de colonizadores, conhecidos como burghers. Os tâmeis estão divididos por castas, sendo os vellalar, casta de agricultores, a maioria. Produtos do mar, cebola roxa e tabaco são os principais produtos de Jaffna.

Jaffna abriga belos templos hindus. Um antigo forte holandês ainda se encontra bem preservado, abrigando uma antiga igreja. Outro exemplo da arquitetura holandesa é a Casa do Rei. Nenhuma visita a Jaffna está completa sem provar a requintada manga de Jaffna, famosa por sua doçura. A cerca de 3 km de distância está o majestoso Templo Nallur Kandaswamy, palco do maior festival religioso de Jaffna. O Porto de Kayts é um antigo ancoradouro de navios na região de Jaffna.

Sobre a Província do Norte

A Província do Norte é uma das nove províncias do Sri Lanka. As províncias existem desde o século XIX, mas não possuíam personalidade jurídica até 1987, quando a 13ª Emenda à Constituição de 1978 do Sri Lanka estabeleceu os conselhos provinciais. Entre 1988 e 2006, a província foi temporariamente unida à Província Oriental, formando a Província do Nordeste. A capital da província é Jaffna.

A Província do Norte está localizada no norte do Sri Lanka, a apenas 35 km da Índia. A província é banhada pelo Golfo de Mannar e pela Baía de Palk a oeste, pelo Estreito de Palk ao norte, pela Baía de Bengala a leste e pelas províncias Oriental, Centro-Norte e Noroeste ao sul. A província possui diversas lagoas, sendo as maiores a Lagoa de Jaffna, a Lagoa de Nanthi Kadal, a Lagoa de Chundikkulam, a Lagoa de Vadamarachchi, a Lagoa de Uppu Aru, a Lagoa de Kokkilai, a Lagoa de Nai Aru e a Lagoa de Chalai. A maioria das ilhas ao redor do Sri Lanka encontra-se a oeste da Província do Norte. As maiores ilhas são: Kayts, Neduntivu, Karaitivu, Pungudutivu e Mandativu.

A população da Província do Norte era de 1.311.776 habitantes em 2007. A maioria da população é composta por tâmeis do Sri Lanka, com minorias de mouros e cingaleses do Sri Lanka. O tâmil do Sri Lanka é o principal idioma falado na província pela grande maioria da população. O outro idioma falado é o cingalês, por 1% da população. O inglês é amplamente falado e compreendido nas cidades.

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