Sri Lanka’s higher-education minister, S.B. Dissanayake, said Sunday that the government would most likely allow foreign universities to establish programs in the island nation next year as long as they provide scholarships to at least 20 percent of those who enroll, the Daily News reports. The minister hopes outside institutions will help ease the country’s education gap. Of 130,000 students eligible to enter university this year, only 20,000 found places in Sri Lanka’s higher-education institutions, he said. In addition to universities from other countries, the government plans to allow the establishment of private universities. However, some undergraduates have protested the idea.