The Committee On Public Enterprises (COPE) has directed the University Grants Commission (UGC) to submit a report on the process adopted when granting the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) degree-awarding status.

The USG has been given a period of two weeks to hand in the report.

COPE will also question former UGC Chairman Professor Kshanika Hirimburegama and former Higher Education Ministry Secretary Dr. Sunil Jayantha Navaratne.

The two officials have been asked to appear before COPE on March 8 to respond to questions relating to the procedure adopted when granting SAITM degree-awarding status in Sri Lanka