Sri Lanka to review Public Service Recruitment

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka has decided to review the Public Service Recruitment Process.

The Department of Government Information said that under the current economic situation, the government has decided to temporarily suspend recruitment for public service. 

The Cabinet of Ministers approved the proposal presented by the Prime Minister in his capacity as the Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Council, and Local Government to appoint a Committee of Officers headed by the Secretary to the Prime Minister to review the above matters and make suitable recommendations for the problems currently arising in the public service and identify the priorities regarding the essential recruitments to be made and recommend the time frames for the same for the continuation of the public service more efficiently and effectively. 

"There is a surplus of employees in the public service as a whole due to the direct recruitment of graduates and other categories of employees into the public service from time to time following the approved recruitment procedures as well as under the policy decisions taken by the existing governments," said the statement adding that however, it has been reported that there are vacancies in certain categories.