Cabinet nod for committee to review new recruitment to public service

 

Joining the Cabinet press conference held this morning (Sep 13), Minister Ramesh Pathirana said that under the policy decisions taken by the previous governments from time to time, following the approved recruitment procedures, graduates and other categories of employees had been directly recruited for public service. 

It was also mentioned in the Cabinet press conference that due to the government’s decision to suspend the recruitment for the public service in view of the current economic situation, actions that have been initiated to fill the vacancies for approved positions as per the provisions of the service minutes and recruitment procedures have to be called off. 

Accordingly, by reviewing those matters, further appropriate measures will be taken regarding the problems that have arisen in the public service as a result of following different methods in recruitment for the public service, the minister emphasized further.