The letter on Island of prof Hoole "Reducing the 

duration of AHS degree"

I was on the University Grants Commission when we, under the leadership of the then Chairman Professor Ranjith Mendis, worked closely with universities and pushed for and approved the four-year nursing [Allied health Science] degree. In a sense this change in the programme by Minister S.B. Dissanayake questions our wisdom, and the wisdom of the system as a whole.

Indeed if we are to follow the British example, where all first degrees I know are completed in three years, all our four year degrees would be reduced to three – law, engineering, honours degrees, etc.. It is misleading therefore to cite British degree durations as if we are governed by British practice.

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