The Hon. Gayantha Karunathilleka (on behalf of the Hon. Suranga Rathnayaka)
Gayantha Karunathilleka, on behalf of Suranga Rathnayaka, asked the Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education to provide current figures on unemployed graduates as of 1 January 2025, graduate employment provided by the Government, and the sectoral breakdown of such jobs. He also requested details of the Government’s future plan for employing unemployed graduates, the number of existing teacher vacancies, and whether urgent measures are being taken to fill them, including the proposed course of action.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 asked the Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education:
¶ 02 (a) Will she inform this House the— (i) number of unemployed graduates in Sri Lanka as at 01.01.2025; (ii) number of jobs that have been granted to graduates by the present Government; (iii) number of the jobs referred to above, separately according to each field or sector; and (iv) future plan to be adopted in granting employment to unemployed graduates?
¶ 03 (b) Will she also inform this House— (i) the number of government teacher vacancies existing at present; (ii) whether an expeditious course of action has been made to fill the vacancies; and (iii) if so, what the course of action is?
¶ 04 (c) If not, why?
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- Hansard, Friday, 21 November 2025 ·No. 22936 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Gayantha Karunathilleka (on behalf of the Hon. Suranga Rathnayaka). 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 21 November 2025. No. 22936. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/6278