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functions with scientific research, toward the future outcomes. Since institutions are frequently heard.
to find solutions for unsolved the first and the oldest university According Dahrendorf (2000,
present and future problems. al-Qarawiyyin, Morocco estab- p.106) "stagnant univesities are
However, today universities are lished in 859 A.D, the primary expensive and ineffectual monu-
also exp- ected to produce skilled purpose of the university to con- ments to a status quo which is
labour force as professional tribute for the social transforma- more likely to be a status quo
university. Eventually, universi- tion through different ideological ante, yesterday’s world preserved
ties are expected to be embraced struggles in societies. However, in aspic". This demands the uni-
with hybrid function in social In the modern world universities versity system to shift into a new
transformation and professional are required to adapt and to res- paradigm but the education syste-
development. This led the univer- pond to the changing character ms in many of the developing co-
sities to undergo a global compe- and needs of other untries are already broken system
tition to ensure the sustainability social and with traditional orienta-
through outcome based educa- economic tions. Indifferently,
tion. Hence, the universities are in Sri Lanka
supposed to be academic social Indifferently, we try to fix
enterprises to anticipate the the broken system through
demands and desires of all the many foreign aids and
stakeholders right around the
globe. The new world order international donors rather than
claims people to multiple role as changing the system in Sri Lanka
analytical thinkers, creative
thinkers, collaborators, conti- This intensifies a holistic changing
nuous learners, global citizens process to address the modern world
and peace makers. Universities requirements in the local settings to
are required to produce meta ski-
lled people to meet the global overcome the global challenges
challenges. This global aspiration
compels the state universities in
Sri Lanka to incorporate a vital
changing process that includes
benchmarking the universities fr-
om the global contexts; incarna-
tion of academic social-entrepre-
neurial leadership: genuine prac-
ticing of good governance; repla-
cing free education with responsi-
ble education; blended university
life from diverse academic, cult-
ural, demographic and geogr- ap-
hic tertiaries; Continuous Prof-
essional Development (CPD) of
all categories of staff; contextual-
ized quality assurance; sufficient
and sustainable resources alloca-
tion ad utilization. These academ-
ic social entrepreneurial strategic
interventions yield better outc-
omes from the state universities
to ensure the sustainability.

Review global context of the
university system from the past to
present is an inevitable task to be-
nch our universities restart from
the purpose of origin to move

14 January 2021