The Hon. Chandana Sooriyaarachchi
Chandana Sooriyaarachchi asked whether graduates recruited as Development Officers and attached to national and provincial schools after 2012 under the Unified Service could be given a special opportunity for absorption into the Teachers’ Service. He noted that earlier cohorts attached in 1999 and 2005 as Development Assistants, Development Programme Assistants and Finance Assistants had been directly absorbed by 2007 under previous ministerial arrangements.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Mr. Speaker, I thank the Hon. Prime Minister for the answer.
¶ 02 My first supplementary: Historically, in 1999 and 2005 and thereafter, graduates recruited as Development Officers were attached to National and Provincial schools. Those attached in 1999 and 2005 in cadres such as Development Assistants, Development Programme Assistants and Finance Assistants were absorbed directly into the Teachers’ Service by 2007 due to ministerial arrangements then in force. However, after 2012, attachments were under the Unified Service, and no such direct absorption has taken place. Is there any special possibility now for such absorption?
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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/23401