THE CAMPUS DAIRY

Hello Everyone

This is my first post in STEEM4STUDENTS community. Thank you @hive-128999 for initiating this wonderful contest where we can learn about each others university and share our own experience at favourite university. Pretty excited to tell you about my beautiful campus....

Tell us about your favourite campus

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University of Sri Jayawardenapura, one of the top three state universities in Sri Lanka is located in the heart of Sri Lanka's capital city. The university was first established in 1873 by Hikkaduww Sri Sumangala Thero at Maligakanda with the name of Vidyodaya Pirivena and later established as University of Sri Jayewardenapura at it's current location in 1959.

Our university consists of eleven faculties with over 12,000 undergraduates and over 1000 postgraduates. And it is recognized as the largest university in the terms of student population in Sri Lanka. Throughout the years the university stand with the excellence of producing smart, efficient, skillful and professional academics to contribute for the sustainable development of our country.

My first day at the university

The university does not only focus on the academic development of the students but also pays and attention on developing other skills of them. There are different types of clubs and societies in the university such as tourism club, Leo club, adventure club, flair club, media circle, drama club, photography club where the students can actively participate in various projects and get together with other undergraduates while developing themselves individually as well as a group. I am an active member of our Tourism Club and I serve as the Head of Education Tourism Bureau.

Executive Board of the Tourism Club

And I am glad that I could be a part of this beautiful university that everyone dreams of. Even our university is located in an urban city the university is full of greenery and beautified with endemic plants in Sri Lanka. And the panel of lectures we have got are humble and friendly where as the managing staff is also very helpful.

How did you gain admission into your favourite campus?

Thanks to free education in Sri Lanka, I got through my G.C.E. (Advanced Level) examinations with flying colours successfully obtaining the Z score required to apply for the University of Sri Jayewardenapura. I applied for the faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and I am currently a second year undergraduate following a special degree in Tourism. One of the best things in our university is, there is a vast array of course fields that meet the requirements of job market and create a human resource with multi talents.

What are the criteria for admission?

1. First you have to pass the G.C.E. (Advanced Level) examination in less than three sittings.
2. Second you have to have the minimum level of Z score required to enter the faculty depending on the stream that you did your Advanced Level examinations. This Z score varies from faculty to faculty.

For example, I selected Arts stream for my (A/L) and the faculty I can apply is Humanities and Social Sciences where as the minimum Z score level was 1.5.

3. Then the you will be listed according to the Z score and the top results holders will be selected first and then if there are vacancies, there will be a call of admissions for the second time.
4. Finally you can get registered to the university before the deadline informed by the university.

If you are to change anything in your campus what would that be?

I love everything in my campus except the ragging system. Most of the universities in Asia has this outdated tradition. In our university specially in our faculty, throughout the first year girls have to wear long frocks, should have there hair braided and tied with a white band and cannot wear any accessories. For boys they should have their beard clean shaven, have to wear rubber slippers and no accessories are allowed. Also there will be some restricted areas for the first year students to visit. Cannot stay in the university after 7.00 pm. And all these are monitored by our seniors and incase a student violates these rules imposes by the seniors, the student will be punished.

It is said that, this tradition is maintained to create an equity between students as there are students from different social backgrounds. But I believe that world is now updated and what we need to do it get ready ourselves for the fast moving world. Why can't our seniors help the juniors to learn about grooming well to meet the expectations of the business world.

This is all about my university in this post. Hope you all enjoyed reading it. I conclude my participation in this contest by inviting @kusal @dilums and @besticofinder to participate in this contest...

Thank You
Abhimani Fernando