Army Training School (Sri Lanka)

Army Training School
Active1985-Present
Country Sri Lanka
Branch Sri Lanka Army
TypeTraining
RoleRecruit training,
Infantry battalion training
SizeMulti Battalion
Part ofArmy Training Command
Garrison/HQMaduru Oya
Nickname(s)ATS
Motto(s)"Excellence though the training"
Commanders
Current
commander
Lt. Col. J. C. Premathilaka USP psc
Army Training Centre is located in Sri Lanka
Army Training Centre
Army Training Centre
Location of ATC

The Army Training School (ATS) (Sinhala: යුද්ධ හමුදා පුහුණු පාසල, romanized: yuddha hamudā puhuṇu pāsala) is a unit of the Sri Lanka Army responsible for recruit training and unit training for infantry battalion. It is based in Maduruoya it was established in 1985 at the Panagoda Cantonment by the Sri Lanka Light Infantry as the Recruit Training School under the command of Major A. K. Jayawardana SLLI.[1]

In late 1984 the unit took over premises built for the Maduruoya Irrigation Project, and from 1986 began unit training of infantry battalions on both on site and at other locations.

  1. ^ "Training Schools". alt.army.lk. Retrieved 2020-08-05.