The Federation of University Teachers Association (FUTA) has demanded an immediate end to what it terms as the continuing illegal admission of civilian students to the Kotelawala Defence University (KDU). In the letter addressed to the President, the FUTA stated that the KDU is continuing to illegally admit civilian students and has recently published advertisements in newspapers and social media to recruit students to a broad range of undergraduate study programs. The Government was further accused of deceitfully supporting this continued illegality by directing a batch of approximately 100 students, currently following various programs of study in biology-related streams in the state university system, to the KDU medical faculty. The letter continues to state that the said students were unfairly denied an opportunity to have access to a medical education due to a monumental blunder caused by the University Grants Commission in 2019. “Unfortunately, rather than redressing this injustice by broadening access in the state medical faculties, the government and top officials invested in promoting the KDU agenda at all costs and are channeling these students to the KDU which has no legal provision for civilian education,” the FUTA said. Additionally, the FUTA mentioned that they are well aware that many civilian students have already graduated from KDU across various study programs and many others are currently receiving education. The FUTA notes that it looks at these students with empathy and will support a reasonable solution for them on humanitarian grounds. However, it reiterated that this illegality cannot continue and be allowed to expand even further as it could potentially jeopardize the futures of more and more youth. The letter concludes by urging the President to look into the matter with utmost importance as if such illegalities continue, it will cause further damage to the higher education system of this country.