UNIVERSITY OF JAFFNA SRI LANKA ANNUAL REPORT 2010 99
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Vision The vision of the University of Jaffna is to be a leading centre of excellence in teaching, learning, research and scholarship. 101
Mission The mission of the University of Jaffna is to be a leading centre of academic excellence in producing intellectual, professionally competent and capable graduates to meet the emerging needs of the national and international community with special emphasis on social, economical and cultural needs of Northern Sri Lanka. 102
3. Vice Chancellor s Review a. Brief introduction The University of Jaffna was founded in 1974. Since its inception, the University has been enjoying steady growth and it has now six faculties operating in the main premises at Jaffna and a separate campus with two faculties operating in Vavuniya. Despite of severe constraints faced by the University in the last two decades by the unsettled conditions prevailed in the region, the University continued to fulfill the objectives and produced about 20, 000 graduates and 2500 postgraduates in various academic disciplines relevant to the National needs. b. Achievements In the current year of consideration, the much needed accommodation facility for the medical students was created by opening a new hostel building with the capacity of 384 at Jaffna town. Moreover foundation stone was laid by Hon. Minster of Higher Education for Allied Health Sciences building and Kuwait funded construction program is underway. Communication facilities were greatly improved among the departments and branches with the completion of SIDA funded project. Altogether 6561 meters length of fibre optic cable was laid networking the University for greater access with internet and intercom facilities. Annual Research Session was initiated and conducted by the university to foster and promote research activities in the University. Transport facility for the University students and staff was improved as three numbers of 17 seats buses was donated by the Indian Government and an ambulance was provided under Vadakin Vashantham Project. After a lapse of 5 years a grand convocation ceremony was held this year. A total of 5415 graduates were conferred degrees and diplomas and then existed backlog was cleared. Fifth International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability, a post conference Workshop was organized with collaboration of the Department of Computer Science on 21 st and 22 nd of December 2010 in this University. This was the first international event, ever organized by the Department of Computer Science. As a part of the academic responsibility, staff members actively participated in research related activities and contributed to the national and international development in their respective field, research publication is given in the annexure. Department of Fine Arts students participated in a street drama competition organized by University of Colombo and won first prize. 103
c. Failures & Justifications University could not fully utilize the allocated funds to accomplish capital projects in time due to lack of major contractors in the region. While the University managed to have remarkable achievements in the academic aspects during the year the above mentioned setbacks led to poor performance in infrastructure and capacity development. Faculty of Agriculture and Allied Health Science unit were operating in temporary/rented premises. This disadvantage caused serious problems in maintaining quality educational process in the respective academic disciplines. d. Future Plan (2011 2015) University is planning to have following strategies as envisaged in the corporate plan 1) To Provide Relevant and Quality Academic Programmes o To provide courses to meet the current and future needs and challenges o To create an appropriate academic atmosphere in the university for teaching o To Improve Students and Staff welfare facilities in University 2) To be a Center promoting studies relevant for global national needs o To Introduce suitable academic Programs o To inculcate high ethical and moral values in Students o To Formulate the accepted code of ethics and ensure compliance 3) Focus on producing graduates capable of adapting to changing environment o Designed courses to latest knowledge and theories in the respective field o Faculty to be continuously exposed and trained at latest development in their specific fields 4) Ensure a competent and committed academic staff and effective Administrative support staff o Providing best training for the faculty /staff o Upgrade support staff facilities o Ensure efficiency and effectiveness among staff 5) To Develop the Library as a main source of Information in the region o Strengthening and maintaining materials and facilitating easy access to them o Developing a global data based through electronically media 6) Dissemination Knowledge to community o Dissemination research findings through publications o Dissemination to community to improve their Capacity 7) Achieve excellence as a centre for higher learning in the Asia Region o Gaining National and International Recognition 104
4. Details of Resources & Students Faculty Faculty of Agriculture Faculty of Medicine Allied Health Sciences Faculty of Arts Faculty of Science Faculty of Management & Commerce Faculty of Graduate Studies Faculty of Business Studies(Vavuniya) Faculty of Applied Science(Vavuniya ) Unit of Siddha Medicine Course B.Sc in Agriculture Total Student s Total Permanent Academics Total Temp. Staff Total Academic Support staff Total Non Academic 185 20 19 2 26 MBBS 484 30 39-69 B.Sc(Nursing) B.Sc.(MLS) B.Pharm BA LLB PGD. in Ed B.Sc in Com. Sc. B.Sc in Science BBA B.Com PGD Master Degrees 64 05 1-06 2582 116 45 6 34 488 61 92 12 72 657 31 7 1 09 203 20 (visiting) - - 04 BBM 247 10 3-03 B. Sc BICT 5. Details of Local Students Faculty Course Mediu 246 18 15 4 03 BSMS 184 11 5-11 m Intake 2010 Yr Yr Yr Yr Yr Arts BA Tamil 434 434 483 436 428 Nil 334 BFA Tamil 189 189 137 141 171 Nil 125 L.L.B. English 47 47 25 49 15 Nil 12 Agriculture B.Sc English 75 045 043 056 041 Nil 19 Science B.Sc English 350 139 101 210 94 Nil 33 1 st 2 nd 3 rd 4 th 5 th Graduated 2010 Management BBA B.Com English 300 161 129 235 132 Nil 97 32 Medicine MBBS English 100 96 71 67 64 87 84 (Graduated 27 th Batch (2004) 105
Allied Health Science B.Sc(Nursing) B.Sc.(MLS) B.Pharm English 20 20 15 19 10 - Siddha BSMS Tamil 50 43 64 43 20 14 28 Business BBM English Studies 100 95 91 40 21 Nil 52 Applied B.Sc English Science BICT 175 74 76 72 24 Nil 16 6. Detail of Foreign Students Faculty Course Medium Intake 2010 1 st Yr 2 nd Yr 3 rd Yr 4 th Yr 5 th Yr No of Graduated There is no foreign students in this University. Total 7. Details of Academic and Academic Support Staff Subject Medium Senior Professor / Professor Assoc iate Profes sor Senior Lectur er Lectur er Tem p. Staff Academ ic Support staff Faculty of Agriculture Agricultural Biology English 1 1 1 4 Agricultural Chemistry English 2 1 4 Agricultural Economics English 1 3 2 Agricultural Engineering English 3 3 Agronomy English 1 2 1 3 Animal Science English 2 1 3 2 Faculty of Arts Media Studies Tamil 2 1 Christian Civilization Tamil 1 2 1 Dance Tamil 2 7 4 1 Art & Design Tamil 3 2 Economics Tamil 1 5 1 Statistics Tamil 1 Home Economics Tamil 1 Education Tamil 1 4 Fine Arts Tamil 1 2 2 Drama & Theatre Tamil 2 1 2 Geography Tamil 1 1 4 2 3 Planning Tamil 1 2 106
Hindu Civilization Tamil 2 4 1 Hindu Philosophy Tamil 1 1 History Tamil 3 3 1 Archalogy Tamil 1 1 Law English 1 4 Linguistics Tamil 1 3 1 1 English Literature English 2 1 Music-Vocal Tamil 4 4 Music-Violin Tamil 2 1 Music-Veena Tamil 1 1 1 Music-Miruthangam Tamil 1 1 Music-Pannisai Tamil 1 1 Philosophy Tamil 1 1 1 1 2 Psychology Tamil 1 1 2 Political Science Tamil 1 1 2 Sanskrit Tamil 2 1 Sociology Tamil 1 1 2 2 Anthropology Tamil 1 1 Tamil Tamil 3 5 2 English Language Teaching English 4 11 3 Faculty of Management Studies & Commerce Accounting English 1 6 1 Financial Management English 1 5 2 2 Human Resource Management English 1 7 1 Marketing English 3 5 1 Management / Commerce English 2 Siddha Medicine Siddha Medicine English 1 9 1 5 1 Faculty of Medicine Anatomy English 2 2 1 Bio Chemistry English 1 1 2 2 Community Medicine English 2 2 Medicine English 1 3 8 Obstetrics and Gynecology English 2 1 4 Pathology English 1 3 Parasitology English 1 1 Micro Biology English 1 Pediatrics English 1 4 107
Pharmacology English 1 1 1 Physiology English 1 1 3 Psychiatry English 1 2 Surgery English 2 9 Nuclear Medicine English 1 Medical Laboratory Science English 1 Nursing English 2 Pharmacy English 2 1 Faculty of Science Botany English 7 3 8 Chemistry English 8 4 13 Computer Science English 3 2 12 1 Mathematics / Statistics English 1 6 8 14 Physics English 2 1 2 4 10 Zoology English 7 3 10 Fisheries English 11 Computer Unit English 14 11 Library Services Library 4 3 Physical Education (Service Unit) & Sport Science Unit Sports Science Tamil 1 2 Physical Education Tamil 7 (Service Unit) Vavuniya Campus Faculty of Applied Science Bio Science English 2 3 5 Physical Science English 3 10 10 4 Faculty of Business Studies Finance & Accountancy English 2 1 1 Economics & Management English 5 2 2 English Language Teaching English 2 1 1 Library English 1 108
8. Details of Non Academic Staff 8.1 Details of Administrative Staff Faculty/Branch Most Senior Senior Junior Minor General Administration 2 7 4 0 Faculty of Agriculture 0 0 0 0 Faculty of Arts 0 1 1 0 Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce 0 0 1 0 Faculty of Medicine 0 0 1 0 Faculty of Science 0 0 1 0 Faculty of Graduate Studies 0 0 1 0 Unit of Siddha Medicine 0 0 0 0 Examination Services 0 1 1 0 Library Services 0 0 1 0 Welfare Services 0 1 1 0 Physical Education 0 1 0 0 Maintenance 0 1 0 0 External Examination Unit 0 0 1 0 Ancillary Services 0 0 0 0 Vavuniya Campus 0 2 4 0 Total 2 14 17 0 8.2 Details of Non Administrative Staff Faculty/Branch Most Senior Senior Junior Minor General Administration 0 3 0 0 Faculty of Agriculture 0 2 0 0 Faculty of Arts 0 0 0 0 Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce 0 0 0 0 Faculty of Medicine 0 0 0 0 Faculty of Science 1 0 0 0 Faculty of Graduate Studies 0 0 0 0 Unit of Siddha Medicine 0 0 0 0 Examination Services 0 0 0 0 Library Services 0 0 0 0 109
Welfare Services 0 1 0 0 Physical Education 0 0 0 0 Maintenance 0 0 0 0 External Examination Unit 0 0 1 0 Ancillary Services 0 0 0 0 Vavuniya Campus 3 8 0 0 Total 4 14 1 0 8.3 Details of Non Academic Staff Faculty/Branch Most Senior Senior Junior Minor General Administration 9 5 88 2 Faculty of Agriculture 2 0 23 1 Faculty of Arts 5 0 27 0 Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce 0 0 8 0 Faculty of Medicine 9 9 54 2 Faculty of Science 6 2 62 0 Faculty of Graduate Studies 0 0 3 0 Unit of Siddha Medicine 2 0 8 1 Examination Services 0 0 13 0 Library Services 5 1 20 1 Welfare Services 1 2 25 0 Physical Education 0 0 9 1 Maintenance 0 1 31 7 External Examination Unit 0 0 5 0 Ancillary Services 0 0 7 0 Vavuniya Campus 3 0 31 0 Total 42 20 414 15 09. Details of Research, Innovation and Publications Subject Published Commercialized Presented No. of Researches 68 Nil 271 No.of Innovations Nil Nil Nil No. of Journals - Nil Nil No. of Books 11 Nil Nil No.of Articles 26 Nil Nil Others Nil Nil 12 110
10. Details of Programme, Seminars & Workshop The University has conducted an Annual Research Session 13. Details of Recurrent Expenditure: Subject 2009 2010 a. Personal Emoluments 507,592,088 546,416,969 b. Travelling 5,376,088 4,731,035 c. supplies 23,472,188 29,783,040 d. Maintenance 8,344,481 10,169,354 e. Contractual Services 40,531,477 49,900,467 f. Other 22,941,934 31,219,150 Total 608,258,256 672,220,015 14. Details of Capital Expenditure: Subject 2009 2010 a. Acquisition of Furniture & Office Equipments 52,807,332 61,055,785 b. Acquition of Machineries - - c. Acquition of Building & Structures 43,261,853 35,901,850 d. Other (Rehabilitation) 19,855,640 24,677,390 Total 115,924,825 121,635,025 15. Details of Projects (Local/Foreign Funded): Name & Detail Loan/Grant Funding Agency # TCE Rs. RFA Rs. DF Rs. IBG Grant World Bank 60,670,000.00 QEF Grant World Bank 211,342,380.00 16. Details of Project Expenditure (Local/Foreign Funded): % of Exp in 2010 Cumulative Exp Name TCE Rs. Exp in 2009 Rs. Physical Rs. as at 31.12.2010 Progress IBG 60,670,000.00 46,606,049.26 11,626,115.64 58,232,164.90 95.98 QEF 211,342,380.00 173,554,630.57 36,424,224.83 209,978,855.40 99.35 17. Details of Financial Progress (Expenditure): Subject Provision in 2010 Exp in 2010 Savings/Excess a. Recurrent except Project 703,035,000 672,220,015 30,814,985 b. Capital except Project 178,500,000 121,635,025 56,864,975 c. Project - Local funded - - - d. Project - Foreign funded 272,012,380 268,211,020 3,801,360 Total 881,535,000 793,855,040 87,679,960 111
18. Details of Financial Progress (Generated Income): Subject Provision in 2010 Collection in 2010 a. Undergraduate Studies 1,950,000 1,026,060 b. Postgraduate Studies 2,850,000 2,254,550 c. Consultancies - - d. Other 10,235,000 13,527,135 Total 15,035,000 16,807,745 19. Financial Performance Analysis - 2010: Subject Formula Exp.Per.Student a.recurrent Expenditure per Student(RE) RE/No of student strength 145,786 b.capital Expenditure per Student (CE) CE/ No of Student strength 26,379 Total 172,165 20. Details of Infrastructure Facilities Received in 2010 Infrastructure Details Expenditure Natural Science Block 10,000,000 Hostel Vavuniya Campus 17,131,590 Applied Science Vavuniya Campus 140,000 Business Studies Vavuniya Campus 2,164,817 RAFA 3,899,887 Management Faculty 2,565,556 Total 35,901,850 Physical Progress 112