* President opens Sri Lanka Open University branch in Kalutara
Wed, Mar 17, 2010, 08:26 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.

Mar 17, Kalutara: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa declared opened the Kalutara branch of the Open University yesterday at Nagoda.

This two storied building constructed at a cost of Rs. 45 million under the Distance Education Modernization program is complete with an information centre, auditorium, class rooms and a Network Access Centre.

Ministers Rajitha Senarathna, Rohitha Abeygunawardana, and Prof. Wiswa Warnapala, Open University Vice Chancellor Prof. Upali Vidanapathirana and the university staff were present at the opening.

(Pictures by Sudath Silva)