The Hon. Major General (Rtd.) Aruna Jayasekera - Deputy Minister of Defence
The Deputy Minister of Defence provided figures on the Government’s recurrent cost of training a medical student, estimating Rs. 495,000 annually and Rs. 2.475 million over five years, excluding clinical training and KDU Teaching Hospital maintenance costs. He stated that applications for non-cadet local medical students for the 2025/2026 academic year at KDU have been called online and that clinical training is conducted by KDU faculty specialists and specialists from KDU, state, and tri-forces hospitals. He noted that questions 4, 5, and 6 would be answered by the relevant Ministry.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 1. The Government’s approximate annual cost per medical student is Rs. 495,000; over five years, about Rs. 2.475 million. This includes academic staff, support staff, program supplies, travel, maintenance, and other recurrent costs. In addition, there are costs for clinical training and maintaining the KDU Teaching Hospital not included in the above figure.
¶ 02 2. For the 2025/2026 academic year, applications for non-cadet local medical students have already been called online via the official KDU website. Clinical training is provided by KDU medical faculty specialists, and also by specialists serving at the KDU Hospital, state hospitals, and tri-forces hospitals.
¶ 03 3. For the 2025/2026 academic year, applications for non-cadet local medical students have been called.
¶ 04 Questions 4, 5, and 6 will be answered by the relevant Ministry.
¶ 05 7. For the 2025/2026 academic year, applications for non-cadet local medical students have been called and the process is underway.
¶ 06 Thank you, Hon. Speaker.
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