{"id":14392,"date":"2025-05-22T14:37:59","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T14:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sfmnewslk.com\/?p=14392"},"modified":"2025-05-22T14:38:01","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T14:38:01","slug":"kotelawala-medical-degree-for-cadets-foreign-students-only","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sfmnewslk.com\/?p=14392","title":{"rendered":"Kotelawala Medical Degree for Cadets, Foreign Students Only\u201d \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"331\" src=\"https:\/\/sfmnewslk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG-20250521-WA0011-1024x331.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sfmnewslk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG-20250521-WA0011-1024x331.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sfmnewslk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG-20250521-WA0011-300x97.jpg 300w, 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Defence College for the 2025-2026 academic year, Deputy Minister of Defence Aruna Jayasekara further stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University to admit students on a fee-paying basis The previous government had given cabinet approval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This was in response to the previous system of granting medical degrees to local students only by joining the armed forces or the police as cadets and to foreign qualified students only on a fee-paying basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Accordingly, from the 2024 academic year, local applicants who had fulfilled the qualifications were also given the opportunity to enroll in the medical degree program on a fee-paying basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to the Z score (Z, Score) followed by the University Grants Commission for enrolling students in other national universities in Sri Lanka, students were enrolled for the medical degree on a fee-paying basis, following the criteria prepared by the University Grants Commission for enrolling students in other national universities in Sri Lanka, along with several additional qualifications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, from this year, the current government has decided to allow only cadets and foreign students to enroll in the Kotelawala Medical Degree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u0d9a\u0ddc\u0dad\u0dbd\u0dcf\u0dc0\u0dbd \u0dc0\u0ddb\u0daf\u0dca\u200d\u0dba \u0d8b\u0db4\u0dcf\u0db0\u0dd2\u0dba \u0d9a\u0dd0\u0da9\u0dd9\u0da7\u0dca, \u0dc0\u0dd2\u0daf\u0dd9\u0dc3\u0dca \u0dc3\u0dd2\u0dc3\u0dd4\u0db1\u0dca\u0da7 \u0dc0\u0dd2\u0dad\u0dbb\u0dba\u0dd2\u201d \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u0db8\u0dda \u0dc0\u0dc3\u0dbb\u0dda \u0dc3\u0dd2\u0da7 \u0d9a\u0ddc\u0dad\u0dbd\u0dcf\u0dc0\u0dbd \u0dc0\u0ddb\u0daf\u0dca\u200d\u0dba \u0d8b\u0db4\u0dcf\u0db0\u0dd2\u0dba \u0dc3\u0db3\u0dc4\u0dcf 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