Sri Lanka, Nov. 26 -- The pressing need to establish a Higher Education Commission to regulate and monitor private universities and other degree-awarding institutions in the country has been emphasized during a meeting of the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Education, Manpower and Human Capital.

The meeting was held under the chairmanship of Member of Parliament Hesha Withanage.

The Vice Chairman of the University Grants Commission (UGC) Senior Professor K. L. Wasantha Kumara expressing his views underscored the need to establish a Higher Education Commission to regulate private universities.

He noted that such a body would enable the creation of comprehensive data systems and facilitate links with universities worldwide, allowing acce...