Colombo, April 9, 2024. Like every year, Cuba offered Sri Lanka the possibility of a student studying Medicine in Cuba. For this reason, the Cuban ambassador to Sri Lanka, Andrés Marcelo González Garrido, held a meeting at the headquarters of the Ministry of Education with H. G. A. Caldera, Additional Secretary of this ministry to evaluate the candidates who chose to study Medicine in Cuba.
Participating in the selection process along with the ambassador and the Secretary of Education, the Vice Chairman of the University Grants Commission, Professor Chandana P. Udawate and two other colleagues, professors and members of the commission, Chiththadhamma Rathnamudali, Chairman of the Association of Graduates Sri Lankans in Cuba and Maribel Duarte González, first secretary of the Cuban embassy in Colombo.
Several young people interested in studying Medicine in Cuba participated in the meeting. Sri Lanka has more than 100 graduates from Cuban institutions and five Sri Lankans are currently studying at the Latin American School of Medicine, ELAM, an international university that is part of Cuba's Comprehensive Health Program and which welcomes students from countries in America, Africa, Asia and Oceania.
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