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| (1) The Commission shall, from time to time in according with the guidelines including criteria for eligibility or entry requirements issued by the Minister prepare a plan or plans as the case may be, for the development or tertiary education and vocational education in. Sri Lanka. The Minister shall with his report thereon submit such plan or plans to the President for approval. |
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| (2) The President may in consultation with the Minister approve such plan or plans with or without amendments. |
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| (3) Each such plan approved under subsection (2) by the President, shall be published in the Gazette by the Minister as a Tertiary Education and Vocational Education Development Plan (in this Act referred to as "the Development Plan"). The Commission shall be responsible for giving effect to all Development Plans. |
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| (4) Upon a request by a Chief Minister of a Province. the Minister may direct the Commission to prepare a plan under subsection (1) for the development of tertiary education and vocational education in the said Province. The President shall before making a determination under sub section (2) consult the Chief Minister thereof. |
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| (5) The Commission may with the approval of the Minister make any grants or pay any subsidy in respect of any purpose authorized by a Development Plan. |
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| (6) The general institutions for the provisions of tertiary education and vocational education or tertiary education or vocational education shall be Regional Colleges, Technical Colleges and Shilpayathanas. |
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| (7) The provisions of this section shall not apply in respect of the University Grants Commission established under the Universities Act, No. 16 of 1978. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts