Thousands of protesting students have been evicted from the campus of one of Sri Lanka's main universities following a court order. The evictions at the Sri Jayawardenepura campus comes amid disputes between students who have been protesting for days and the government. Students accuse the government of interfering in their lives. A senior opposition figure has said that Sri Lanka's entire education system is in a state of collapse. Despite the arrests of many student leaders last year, and their still pending trials, college unrest has returned on a large scale causing major disruption. At the root of the unrest lie numerous disputes between student activists and the government. Above all the activists' oppose plans for private colleges, which they say will end young Sri Lankans' entitlement to free higher education. They blame both university officials and the government for interfering in their lives - for allegedly subjecting some women students to virginity tests ...