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The Hon. (Dr.) Harini Amarasuriya

Jathika Jana balawegaya· Colombo· 7 August 2025 ·Oral question: Oral Question: Bachelor's Degree Requirement for NIE Recruitment (Q.8/2025)

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The Minister answered that changes to the National Institute of Education recruitment requirements were made in line with Department of Management Services circulars and, where relevant, with majority agreement within the Institute. She stated that the proposed schemes recognize experience from government, state enterprises or boards, NGOs, or recognized private institutions, and that revised schemes for senior and academic research grades have been prepared with staff and union concurrence and submitted to the Department of Management Services for approval.

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¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, the answers are as follows:

¶ 02 (a) (i) In line with circulars issued by the Department of Management Services, that requirement has been removed. (ii) Yes. This was done in accordance with the Department of Management Services circulars and with the majority agreement of the Institute. (iii) No. The current scheme records service experience but does not specify institutions. In the proposed scheme, consistent with DMS guidelines, required experience may be from a government, state enterprise/board, NGO, or recognized private institution. This follows DMS guidelines. (iv) In line with DMS guidance, work began in 2018 to prepare a new recruitment scheme for the NIE. Recruitment schemes from senior and middle to primary grades have been approved. For the Senior Academic and Research Services and Academic and Research Services grades, the proposed schemes aligned to DMS guidelines have been prepared with the concurrence of the senior academic staff and relevant unions, recommended by the Director-General and the Secretary to the Ministry, and submitted to DMS for approval.

¶ 03 (b) Not applicable.

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Hansard, Thursday, 7 August 2025 ·No. 1755509552009433 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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