The Hon. Anton Jayakody
Anton Jayakody stated that the Government plans to recruit 3,530 assistants for electric fence protection, while continuing to use Civil Security Department officers and community participation in some areas. He said steps are being considered to confirm long-serving temporary workers, and that qualified graduates from the planned 35,000 graduate recruitment programme will be assigned to the Department of Wildlife Conservation to fill vacancies. He expressed confidence that many cadre and staffing shortages in the sector would be addressed by the end of the year.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, in response: we will recruit 3,530 assistants for electric fence protection in the near future. Officers from the Civil Security Department are already engaged. In some areas, we are leveraging community participation to supplement manpower. Additionally, there are temporary workers with 7–8 years of service; we are considering necessary steps to confirm them. Further, under the Government decision to recruit 35,000 graduates, suitably qualified graduates will be assigned to the Department of Wildlife Conservation to fill vacancies. We are confident that by year-end, a significant portion of cadre and staff shortages will be addressed.
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