The Hon. Rajeevan Jeyachandramoorthy
Rajeevan Jeyachandramoorthy asked why graduates with foreign degrees who received appointment letters during the good governance period, and in some cases assumed duties at Divisional Secretariats, were later rejected from graduate appointments. He noted that over 4,000 such graduates had served during COVID with official identity cards and submitted required documents, and questioned whether it was unjust to deny them appointments while foreign-trained medical graduates can enter government service.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Presiding Member, I will ask my first supplementary question.
¶ 02 During the good governance period, applications were called for graduate appointments. Before the election, many received appointment letters and some assumed duty at Divisional Secretariats and commenced work. However, later, they were rejected on the basis that graduates of foreign universities cannot be appointed. Many of them even worked during COVID; over 4,000 served with office identity cards and submitted all requested documents.
¶ 03 Many had opportunities to study locally but opted for foreign scholarships, completed degrees abroad, and returned. While medical graduates of foreign universities can obtain government appointments, graduates of other foreign degrees are denied. Was an injustice committed against these graduates?
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Cite as: The Hon. Rajeevan Jeyachandramoorthy. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 24 July 2025. No. 1754026625097211. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/18512