Sri Lanka, June 2 -- Fifty-five new hostel projects will be implemented to develop residential facilities for sixteen thousand students in state universities across the island.

The Higher Education Division of the Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education announced that this massive hostel project series will roll out under three phases.

The announcement issued by the Ministry of Education noted that 'Model A' type hostels accommodating four hundred students and 'Model B' type hostels accommodating two hundred students are planned for construction.

Accordingly, Sabaragamuwa University receives seven projects accommodating two thousand two hundred students, and the calling of tender bids for one of these hostels t...