Hon. Kumara Jayakody
Hon. Kumara Jayakody stated that there is a modest staffing shortfall, mainly in higher technical positions such as engineers, while some lower-grade divisions have excess staff. He said the Government is implementing the post-2016 Cabinet decision to discontinue manpower recruitment and therefore does not need external recruitment for lower grades. Applications are currently being called through the relevant website to fill higher-level technical vacancies.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 There is a modest shortfall. We have called for applications to fill vacancies. After 2016, a Cabinet decision determined that manpower recruitment should not continue, and we are implementing that in practice. There is an excess at lower grades in some divisions—hundreds in some places—while the shortfall is at higher technical levels (engineers and similar). Therefore, there is no need to recruit externally for lower grades. We are presently calling applications via our website to fill higher-level technical vacancies.
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Cite as: Hon. Kumara Jayakody. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 14 March 2025. No. 1744281136023320. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/26397