Sri Lanka government has decided to elevate the Kotelawala Defense Academy (KDA) to university level under the University Grants Commission (UGC). Sri Lanka parliament yesterday passed a bill pertaining to the name change.
KDA has been legally established under the Sir John Kotelawala Defence Academy Act No. 68 of 1981 and is governed by a Board of Management consisting of the Secretary of the Defence as the Chairman, Commanders of the tri-services, representatives of the University Grant Commission and the General Treasury, and the Commandant of the academy as members.
KDA was initiated in 1980 to train cadets for the Army. From 1980 to 1986, the cadets enlisted to the KDA followed the degree course at the Universities of Colombo and Moratuwa, and they were awarded the degree by the same universities. Later, KDA was elevated to the university status subsequent to a proposal made to the then government headed by President J.R. Jayewardene. Today, the KDA is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities, United Kingdom.
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