There is a saying in Sinhala that some people go beat the deer skin or ‘gohna hama’ at home when they can’t catch the real one in the forest This is exactly what the JVP is trying to do about private higher education. According to a report in the Lankadeepa of August 27, Friday (p.25), Mr. Susil Preamjayantha, the Minister for Education has assured the JVP MP from Matara that he will rescind the authorization given to Aquinas College to offer degree programs. It is further reported that the minister is considering the gradual disbandment of private institutions.