Parliament committee discusses recruitments in Sri Lanka Principal Service View(s):The Sectoral Oversight Committee on Education, Manpower and Human Capital discussed the Universities (Amendment) Bill and matters pertaining to the recruitments of the Sri Lanka Principal Service. This was taken into discussion when the committee met recently (6) at parliament under the chairmanship of Hesha Withanage. The committee discussed matters pertaining to the recruitments of the Sri Lanka Principal Service at length. It was stated that principals are recruited for the Sri Lanka Principal Service through a competitive exam held for teachers in service, which was held in 2019 for 1918 vacancies. Moreover, it was observed that a few remaining from the 2019 batch are yet to be absorbed into the Principal Service.

Source: Sunday Times January 17, 2026 20:06 UTC