As part of the initiative taken by the Ministry of Higher Education to provide University entrants with leadership training , Sri Lanka Air Force station Diyatalawa too has been training a batch of students.

From the 22nd of May a batch  of 221 girls and 199 boys have been attached to SLAF Station Diyatalawa where they have been spending a rather unusual time preparing for the challenges of the future.
 
The 3 weeks leadership program embraces physical training , under the theme sound bodies  build sound minds, drill - to inculcate the value of working to one command and to follow orders, lectures on the law of the land - to make them understand the path they should walk stay on, self hygiene and first aid – essential in any walk of life, history to help self discover, customs, ethics and norms of society to help face future environments and most importantly leadership development activities as well as games to mould talented leaders.

The Minister of Higher Education S. B. Dissanayaka paid a visit to SLAF Diyatalawa on 7th June 2011 to review the training being conducted and spent a few hours chatting to the students after formally addressing them.

The entire training is being carried out under the guidance of the Station Commanding Officer Group Captain Janaka Amarasinghe who has been well supported by Squadron Leader Kanishka Jayasekara and Squadron Leader Chandana Munasinghe with the assistance of other Officers and the other ranks of SLAF Station Diyatalawa.   The batch of 422 students are due to complete their leadership training on the 10th of June 2011.