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Committee to review public sector hiring

14 Sep 2022

The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the appointment of a committee to identify priorities in essential recruitments and to recommend suitable timelines for them, as well as making appropriate recommendations for the State sector to carry out public service more efficiently. The proposal was presented by Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena in his capacity as Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils, and Local Government, to review the recruitment process in the public service. The committee will be presided over by the Secretary to the Prime Minister. Joining the Cabinet press conference held last morning (13), Minister and Cabinet Co-Spokesman Dr. Ramesh Pathirana said that under the policy decisions taken by previous governments, graduates and other categories of employees had been directly recruited for public service under approved recruitment procedures. As a result, he said, there is a surplus of employees in the public sector as a whole; however, it is reported that there are vacancies in certain categories of employees. He also mentioned that due to the Government’s decision to suspend recruitment for the public service in view of the current economic situation, actions that have been initiated to fill vacancies for approved positions as per the provisions of the service minutes and recruitment procedures have to be called off. Accordingly, in reviewing those matters, further appropriate measures will be taken regarding the problems that have arisen in the public service as a result of following irregular recruitment methods, the Minister further stated.  


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