South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) Founder Dr. Neville Fernando said that he is pleased with President Maithripala Sirisena’s decision to admit SAITM students to the Kotelawala Defence University (KDU).
In his statement Dr. Fernando thanked the President for requesting the KDU to accept SAITM students, ‘who are now desperate about their future’.
President Sirisena instructed all current SAITM students to enroll in the KDU medical Faculty, on February 21.
It was decided at a meeting held with the initiation of President Maithripala Sirisena to enroll around 100 students currently studying at the SAITM Medical Faculty to KDU after perusing their basic admission requirements.
The Attorney General, the Vice Chancellor, Dean of the KDU, the Chairman of the University Grants Commission and several other stakeholders also participated in the meeting.