The Hon. Sajith Premadasa - Leader of Opposition
Sajith Premadasa raised concerns over alleged irregularities in the Dharmacharya examination process, noting delays from the 2019 written examination to the 2024 release of results, and called for appointments to be made based on the 2019 results before conducting new examinations. He urged implementation of a court settlement to absorb 16,600 Development Officers who served in schools into the teacher service, and asked why reported teacher vacancies could not be filled by them and unemployed graduates. He also called for urgent action on alleged curriculum irregularities and infrastructure deficiencies at GWUIM, including lecture halls, laboratories and residential facilities.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, briefly:
¶ 02 On the Dharmacharya exam: The written exam was in 2019.05.25; interviews were held in 2020.10.16 and 20 without releasing results; results were only released in 2024 per RTI. This indicates serious irregularities. Before holding fresh exams, appointments should be made based on the 2019 results.
¶ 03 On 16,600 Development Officers who served as Teacher Development Officers during COVID-19 and the post-default period: Many Ministers pledged to absorb them into the teacher service. There is a court settlement allowing recruitment to Grade 2-II with the condition to complete a Postgraduate Diploma within three years. Why is this not being implemented? Additionally, there are 35,000 unemployed graduates and reportedly 52,000 vacancies—why not fill with them, and regularize the 16,600?
¶ 04 Finally, regarding GWUIM: curricula were allegedly amended irregularly; there are deficits in infrastructure, lecture halls, labs and residential facilities. Please address these urgently.
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Cite as: The Hon. Sajith Premadasa - Leader of Opposition. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 21 October 2025. No. 22635. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/29580