Permanent appointment letters posted to graduates

Ridma Dissanayake

The Public Administration and Home Affairs Ministry has posted permanent appointment letters to graduates who received state sector appointments last year, Public Administration and Home Affairs Minister W D J Seneviratne said.

The minister said the government recruited 50,000 graduates to the public sector last year and the government promised to make them permanent after a one year training period.

"As we promised, we have sent permanent appointment letters to graduates who have been recruited to the state sector in the middle of last February. We have posted 298 letters via registered post, " the minister said.

Several parties cast remarks about these appointment when the government decided to recruit such a huge number of graduates to the state sector. They said these appointments will not be permanent.

The ministry has taken measures to send permanent appointment letters to the newly recruited graduates and they will be made permanent in stages, Minister Seneviratne said.

He said all graduates recruited to the state service will be absorbed to the Development Officers' service constitution and will be entered to the combined service of the state service as well. Their monthly salary will be around Rs 23,000, the minister said.