Sri Lanka’s Kotelawala Defence University (KDU) was allocated a government budget almost double that of all the other universities on the island combined, reports Colombo Telegraph.
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Last year the government invested 16.3 billion rupees in the KDU, which houses under 1,500 students, training cadets for the Sri Lankan army, navy and air force.
The island's other universities, with over 88,000 students attending, received a combined government budget of 9.7 billion rupees.
 Infographic: Colombo Telegraph |
See our earlier posts:
Sri Lanka increases defence budget by 12.25% to new high (29 Sep 2014)
Record amount allocated to Sri Lanka’s latest defence budget (21 Oct 2013)
Sri Lanka wants to increase defence budget again (30 Sep 2012)
Highest ever defence budget passed (19 Dec 2011)