SC affirms foreign university graduates are proud citizens of this country too

The petitioners were graduates with bachelor's degrees awarded by various foreign universities

- By LAKMAL SOORIYAGODA

The Supreme Court, in a judgment relating to a Fundamental Rights petition filed by 66 graduates holding bachelor's degrees from various foreign universities, observed that just as much as those who graduate from State universities, foreign university graduates too are proud citizens of this country.

The Supreme Court declared that the former Secretary to the Ministry of Public Services J.J. Rathnasiri violated the fundamental rights of 66 graduates by rejecting their applications for placement under the Government's 2020 “Scheme to provide training and employment to unemployed graduates.”