The Hon. Major General (Rtd.) Aruna Jayasekera - Deputy Minister of Defence
The Deputy Minister of Defence provided responses to parts of the Opposition Leader’s Standing Order 27(2) question concerning General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, noting that issues outside the Defence Ministry’s remit had been referred to the Ministry of Education. He stated that the Government had spent Rs. 12,462 million to establish KDU, excluding annual recurrent expenditure, and that the MBBS programme fee was Rs. 17.5 million in the current year, up from Rs. 15 million the previous year.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, I now present answers to the question raised on 17.06.2025 by the Hon. Leader of the Opposition under Standing Order 27(2). I will answer parts 1, 2, 3, and 7 related to the Kotelawala Defence University (KDU). Parts 4, 5, and 6 fall outside the Ministry of Defence and have been referred to the Ministry of Education.
¶ 02 1. The amount expended by the Government of Sri Lanka to establish General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (excluding annual recurrent expenditure) is Rs. 12,462 million. The current year’s KDU MBBS program fee is Rs. 17.5 million; last year it was Rs. 15 million.
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