The meeting of the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Legal Affairs (anti-corruption) and Media was held last Friday on 26th September 2019 at the Parliament to discuss the broad-based initiative of integrating anti-corruption studies into the into higher education curricula within the country to fight against bribery and corruption in a holistic manner. The Committee Meeting chaired by Hon. (Dr.) Jayampathy Wickramaratne was graced by many Higher Education Institutes in the country including the Universities of Colombo, Peradeniya, Jaffna, Sri Jayewardenepura, as well as the Open University of Sri Lanka and the National Police Academy.
The Director General of the Commission, Mr. Sarath Jayamanne President’s Counsel emphasized the void in the current education system along with a comparative analysis from different countries across the world. Identifying this gap, the participants agreed in principle to incorporate elements of anti-corruption into the legal education. A report of the meeting incorporating the suggestions and recommendations reached during the meeting, will soon be available online.
