The Hon. (Dr.) Harini Amarasuriya
Hon. (Dr.) Harini Amarasuriya provided figures on teacher vacancies by medium and grade level nationally, in the Western Province, and in the Colombo Education Zone. She stated that appointments to Grade 3-1(a) of the Sri Lanka Teachers’ Service had been granted effective 2 May 2025 to National College of Education diploma holders from the 2020–2022 batch. She further noted that recruitments to fill remaining vacancies are ongoing, but recruitment processes under the 2024 estate-sector Tamil-medium gazette and the 2023 graduate recruitment gazette are delayed due to pending court orders, with further action to follow after the cases are concluded.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Answer:
¶ 02 (a) (i) Teacher vacancies (Grades 1–5; 6–11):
¶ 03 - Sinhala medium: Grades 1–5: 4,240; Grades 6–11: 11,274 - Tamil medium: Grades 1–5: 2,827; Grades 6–11: 6,121
¶ 04 (ii) Western Province teacher vacancies:
¶ 05 - Sinhala medium: Grades 1–5: 1,318; Grades 6–11: 1,325 - Tamil medium: Grades 1–5: 302; Grades 6–11: 397
¶ 06 (iii) Colombo Education Zone teacher vacancies:
¶ 07 - Sinhala medium: Grades 1–5: 84; Grades 6–11: 226 - Tamil medium: Grades 1–5: 85; Grades 6–11: 140
¶ 08 (iv) Appointments to Grade 3-1(a) of the Sri Lanka Teachers’ Service have been granted, effective 02.05.2025, to National College of Education (2020–2022) diploma holders.
¶ 09 (v) Those recruitments are underway. Further action on the recruitments mentioned below in (b) will be taken immediately after the conclusion of the pending court cases.
¶ 10 (b) - To fill vacancies in Tamil-medium schools in estate sector areas, Gazette Extraordinary No. 2389 of 14.06.2024 was issued to recruit teachers. The competitive exam scheduled for 12.08.2024 was stayed by an interim order of the Court of Appeal in CA (Writ) 519/2024 on 09.08.2024. Further steps will be taken after conclusion of the case. - For Sinhala, Tamil and English-medium vacancies in National and Provincial schools, recruitment of graduates in the Public Service was initiated as per Gazette Extraordinary No. 2317 of 27.01.2023. An interim order by the Supreme Court has temporarily halted the examination; future steps will follow the Court’s decision.
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