Colombo, May 31 -- Restrictions applied to local students to universities other than the state-owned ones will push Sri Lankan students into the wilderness, a former Education Minister said yesterday.

Sri Lankan students will be compelled to apply to foreign universities when they lose opportunities locally. Such a scenario, in turn, will result in an outflow of funds from Sri Lanka. This will also result in a brain drain, former Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam said, referring to the government's decision to restrict the entry of local students to the medical faculty of Kotelawala Defence University (KDU).

Voicing his displeasure over the government's decision United National Party (UNP) yesterday asked as to whether the Sri ...