Over 10,000 vacancies in Public Administration and Home Affairs Ministry

Sandasen Marasinghe and Irangika Range

There are 10,098 and its statutory bodies, Deputy Minister Wijaya Dahanayake said in Parliament yesterday. The vacancies are for the posts of administrative officers, management officers, librarians, interpreters, engineers, information technology officers, technical officers and Grama Seva Niladharis. He said the government provided appointments for 51,420 trainee graduates last year.

Those who completed their training and qualification requirements were made permanent, he said.

The Deputy Minister was answering to an oral question raised by UNP MP Rosy Senanayake.