The Government is to provide a new building complex worth Rs.354 million to the Jaffna University, Minister of Higher Education Prof. Wisva Warnapala said.

"Rs. 200 million will be spent to provide hostel facilities for medical students in the Jaffna University while another Rs. 148 million will be spent to upgrade the Advanced Technological Institute (ATI) in Jaffna. Arrangements will be made to provide facilities to Labuduwa A.T.I. as well," Prof. Warnapala said.

The project provides an opportunity for 200 students of the Jaffna Medical Faculty and 400 students of the Ruhuna Medical Faculty to have accommodation facilities at the University with the construction of new hostels.

Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development has provided US$ 20 million to the Government to rebuild and rehabilitate tsunami-affected education and administrative infrastructure. Accordingly these steps were taken under the President Mahinda Rajapaksa's presidential policy ‘Mahinda Chinthana' which focuses especially on upgrading educational facilities in North-East universities.

New buildings for Information Technology Centres will be established for Eastern (Batticaloa) and South Eastern (Oluvil - Ampara) Universities to facilitate the advancement of computer education. About 6,000 students of the two universities will immediately benefit from the two Information Technology buildings, he said.

Advanced Technological Education Institutes in Jaffna, Ampara, Galle and Labuduwa will be developed with the establishment of new buildings and provision of modern equipment under the project.