Wednesday, November 10, 2004

Radio Austraila/Pacific Beat: The Solomon Islands Education Committee is meeting in Honiara to decide whether to give the go-ahead to a new university. A company registered as Cornell University Solomon Islands has applied to establish a tertiary institution in the capital, although little is yet known about the types of courses on offer. The proposal comes less than a year after the now notorious King's University scam, which saw a small group of Indian students enrol in medical degrees, only to find that the university didn't exist.

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