Ceylon Students to Strike?

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from a special correspondent Ceylon students, through their organisations, have formulated a programme of 47 demands covering every aspect of student life. They are threatening to strike unless the Government meets these demands, Their biggest problems is the lack of bursaries in Ceylon, Education is free, but students have to find the money to pay for books, board and lodging, About 90% of all students have applied for bursaries, but all the Government has done is to make an appeal for public donations and talk about running a sweepstake, Another idea that they are playing around with is granting loans from the state-owned "people's banks," These would have to be repaid within five years of the student finding employment, This, of course, is not a very popular idea with the students and has if anything made them more angry,