The Hon. (Dr.) Madhura Senevirathna - Deputy Minister of Education and Higher Education
On behalf of the Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education, the Deputy Minister stated that 1,399 officers were appointed on a supernumerary basis to Grade 2(ii) of the Sri Lanka Principals’ Service and 142 to Grade 3 under 2012 Cabinet and Public Service Commission decisions. He said these officers may be confirmed and promoted only within the supernumerary stream, are not entitled to the Principal’s Allowance beyond salary benefits, and may obtain only mutual transfers with officers in the same category. He added that appointment to substantive cadre vacancies must follow the SLPS Minute through limited competitive examination and required qualifications, and that many current recruitment and transfer issues arise because these appointments were outside the standard SLPS recruitment procedure.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education:
¶ 02 (a) (i) Yes. In line with Cabinet Decision No. අමප/12/1101/530/035 dated 08.08.2012 and PSC instructions PSC/AP/A12/10/2010 dated 21.09.2012, 1,399 officers were appointed on a supernumerary basis to Grade 2(ii) of SLPS and 142 officers to Grade 3.
¶ 03 (ii) Yes. As per PSC letter PSC/EST/02-05/01/2020 dated 02.06.2022, such officers were confirmed in service on a supernumerary basis and, upon fulfilling conditions under the SLPS Minute, promotions within the supernumerary stream are granted.
¶ 04 (b) (i) The Principal’s Allowance is approved for officers of the SLPS. Under the appointment conditions of those mentioned in (a), apart from salary applicable to the post, no other benefits are entitled. As per Secretary, Ministry of Education letter ED/04/60/01/වි.දීමනා/2017 dated 29.03.2017, the allowance is payable only to officers in Grades 1, 2 and 3 of the Sri Lanka Education Administrative Service or the Sri Lanka Principals’ Service with entitlement.
¶ 05 (ii) As per PSC letter PSC/EST/02-05/01/2020 dated 02.06.2022, officers appointed on a supernumerary basis may obtain only mutual transfers with another officer of the same category; other requests are rejected.
¶ 06 (iii) These officers were appointed per PSC/AP/A12/10/2010 of 21.09.2012. Clause 2(ii) of their appointment letters states that appointment to a substantive post in SLPS must be in accordance with the SLPS Minute. Accordingly, appointment to cadre vacancies is only through limited competitive examination and fulfillment of stipulated qualifications. Transfers are handled as per (ii) above.
¶ 07 (iv) As above, actions are per PSC/EST/02-05/01/2020 dated 02.06.2022.
¶ 08 (c) Not applicable.
¶ 09 Mr. Speaker, all these appointments were not made under the standard SLPS recruitment procedure; hence many issues around recruitment and transfers now arise.
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