Complex sentence: However autonomous in theory, only a very few institutes are truly autonomous.Higher Education Ministry's attempt is to enter 2000 best universities of the world but according to the World University Ranking Sri Lankan universities are still far behind the target.
Split into simpler sentences: However autonomous in theory, only a very few institutes are truly autonomous. The Higher Education Ministry's attempt is to enter the world's 2000 best universities, but, according to the world university ranking, Sri Lankan universities are still far behind the target.