sentences:  As a response to this need the army established the Army Command and Staff College (ACSC) on 16 March 1998 with the first course consisting of 26 Student Officers.However, the College was officially inaugurated on 28 August 1998 by President Chandrika Kumaratunga and the request of the Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Rohan Daluwatte.At the inception, a British Army Training Team consisting of two Lieutenant Colonels was attached, in order to assist the faculty to formulate a curriculum similar to the British Joint Services Command and Staff College, but with emphasis on local requirements providing required training material and fine tuning the local faculty's teaching skills.