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One of the principal arguments   -nsible education system to ensure   leadership  to students. The role of
            for the existence of public educa-  outcome based sustainable univ-   good governance enables the
            tion is social responsibility. Alth-   ersity system.           universities to manage relations
            ough this argument remained                                     among all these stakeholders to
            unchanged to make freely availa-  Adapting and implementing the   ensure  the  sustainability,  which
            ble education for all the children,   system of Good University Gove-   starts and finishes with govern-
            today the responsibility over the   rnance (GUG) have become an   ance .
            free education in Sri Lanka stand   inevitable criterion for the univer-
            with many questions from all the   sities to improve the quality. GUG   People recognise the university
            stakeholders with reference to   is  intended  to  provide  a  balance   life as the best life in the universe.
            return on the investment of pub-   between the autonomy granted to   The universities should be able to
            lic. Two major questions are; do   institutions and accountability.   establish the world  of university
            the public education produce des-   Limited opportunities at the state   life beyond the boundaries of aca-
            ired outcomes?  Are the public   universities with increasing   demic,  culture,  ethnic,  gender,
            resources  utilized  efficiently  and   demand of higher education has   demography, geography and so
            effectively to produce desired   led a large number of private   on.  This ensures the freedom,
            outcomes?  All the stakeholders   universities to embark on univer-  independence, friendship, knowl-
            are accountable to answer these   sity education.  This has led the   edge and enjoyment as a global
            questions with reference to social   state universities to encounter   citizen regardless their back-
            responsibility. This is more emp-   many questions among the gener-  grounds and future destinations.
            hasized on state universities, as   al public over the governance.   Unbounded  university  life  ena-
            the supreme education institutions   Today we are compelled to main-  bles the universities to bestow the
            that depend 100 percent on the   tain the sustainability through the   real  citizen  for the universe
            public resources.  This responsi-  good corporate governance on   through six C’s; critical thinking,
            bility overarches all the stake-  five principles, namely: transpar-  creative thinking, collaborative
            holders; policy makers, higher   ency, accountability, responsibili-  skills, continuous learning, citizen
            educational authorities, university   ty, independence, and fairness.   of the universe, and caring for
            administration, academic and non   The GUG has been further signi-  others.  First  of  all,  in  the  state
            -academic staff and students etc.   fied over the state universities to   universities of Sri Lanka, we sho-
            Exemplarily students should ack-   guide the countries on genuine   uld stop segregation the university
            nowledge and accept responsible   good governance practices bey-   life according their chosen aca-
            education instead of free educa-  ond the political manifesto and   demic disciplines. University life
            tion in all their performance and   propagation. The universities are   should be common and shared by
            behaviour in the outcome based   much more complicated organiza-  every student either they are und-
            education.  In the state universi-  tions than the business organiza-  ergraduates or postgraduates, ev-
            ties students do not pay for their   tions.  They  should be  provided   en though they pursue academic
            education, staff are paid higher   with  appropriate  governance  programmes in diverse disci-
            wages and given privileges com-   structure to deal with complicated   plines.  While  promoting  cross
            pare to other sectors in the coun-  and diverse stakeholders that   cultural communication, cross
            try, even though country finds   begin from ministerial political   discipline learning also should be
            shortage in public fund. Yet, pub-                              promoted to enrich the students
            lic funding of higher education                                 with  intra and  interdisciplinary
            and research is still important.        Although free           knowledge. The universities also
            The concept of public respo-          education system is       must bring halt to inter faculty
            nsibility must be understood      politically sound, yielding is   and interdisciplinary competitions
            much more widely. As state univ-   not sustainable any more...   and event that lead to further
            ersities in Sri Lanka depend on                                 fragmentation and separation of
            the public fund and resources, we                               the students. The students must be
            are responsible for more than 20   It should be transformed into   divided into different colleges or
            million people in the country.   responsible education system to   houses through blending of div-
            Although free education system is   ensure outcome based        erse background and academic
            politically sound, yielding is not   sustainable university     disciplines.  The universities be
            sustainable  any  more. Hence,  it         system               able to embody the concept of
            should be transformed into respo-                               “salad bow” with unique and






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