Osmund Jayaratne
Hartal 1953
.
Educated at the
Meteorological Office.[3]
Heading the committee to reform higher education in the 1970s, he was instrumental in the formation of the University of Sri Lanka centralizing the administration by bring under it the semi independent campuses that existed under the University of Ceylon.
He was awarded the title
honoris causa
to him in 1991. He was also the President of the Federation of University Teachers Association.
References
- ^ "Jayaratne, Osmund, 1924- - LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies | Library of Congress, from LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)".
- ^ Our History, UoC Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ He showed us the true meaning of university education
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