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Army Training Centre, Diyatalawa
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Sri Lanka Military Academy.
Officer Cadet School
Due to the cost of training officers overseas, the Ceylon Army initiated officer training at the Army Training Centre in 1968 with the formation of the Officer Cadet School. The first intake of 13 Officer Cadets who were earmarked to be trained at the Army Training Centre, Diyatalawa, were enlisted on 16 April 1968. The 1971 JVP insurrection, saw the Officer Cadet Intake 4 expanding to 30 cadets.