The Hon. Chandana Sooriyaarachchi

Jathika Jana balawegaya· Colombo· 5 December 2025 ·Oral question: Oral Question: Development Officers Attached to National Schools and Provincial Schools (Q.1309/2025)

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Chandana Sooriyaarachchi asked the Prime Minister and Minister of Education for details on Development Officers attached to national and provincial schools, including total numbers and year-by-year appointments. He sought clarification on whether these officers could receive relief or consideration in filling teacher vacancies, and asked about the status and outcome of the Supreme Court case concerning the competitive examination for recruiting teachers to government schools.

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¶ 01 ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

¶ 02 DEVELOPMENT OFFICERS ATTACHED TO NATIONAL SCHOOLS AND PROVINCIAL SCHOOLS: DETAILS Question No. 1309/2025 to the Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education:

¶ 03 (a) Will she inform this House - (i) the total number of Development Officers who have been attached to National Schools and Provincial Council schools in Sri Lanka; (ii) the years in which the said Development Officers were attached and the number attached in each year, separately; (iii) whether some relief could be given to the said Development Officers in filling teacher vacancies in government schools; and (iv) if so, what such relief is?

¶ 04 (b) Will she also inform this House - (i) whether the case pending before the Supreme Court against the competitive examination scheduled to be held for recruitment of teachers to fill vacancies in government schools has been concluded by now; and (ii) if so, the recommendations/orders that have been issued by the Supreme Court?

¶ 05 (c) If not, why?

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Source: Hansard, Friday, 5 December 2025 ·No. 23059 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Chandana Sooriyaarachchi. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 5 December 2025. No. 23059. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/23399