Varsity students claim IUSF disrupts university system

University students yesterday charged that ragging and severe harassment by the Inter-University Student Federation (IUSF) was the reason for the disruption of the university system and called on the government to remove IUSF members from universities.The students staged a protest at the Fort Railway Station yesterday. The University Independent Conversion Movement, a newly formed university student’s movement said the JVP affiliated IUSF which comprises university unions from around the country was responsible for the decline in the quality of education in universities, student attendance and the issues in universities.

The movement’s convener Yukthi Eka-

6,000 students from underprivileged families had abandoned their education at universities

deera alleged that due to severe harassment so far 15 students had died, 25 university students had become permanently disabled, two students had committed suicide and two students at the Peradeniya University had been subject to sexual harassment.

He said that some 6,000 students from underprivileged families had abandoned their education at universities due to severe harassment from IUSF members.