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 Annual Transfers 2027 for Education Ministry Non-Academic Staff

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Circular No. 24/2026

Annual Transfers 2027

Non-Academic Staff Appointed by the Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education

31 July 2026 Submission deadline

Online Application is compulsory

14 Categories Covered by the circular

1 January 2027 Transfers take effect

Important Notice Applications that are not submitted through the online system will not be forwarded to the Annual Transfer Board. Applicants must complete the online application and submit the printed copy through the proper institutional channel.

01 Overview of the Circular

The Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education has issued instructions regarding the 2027 annual transfers of officers belonging to the non-academic staff appointed by the Ministry.

The circular has been issued in accordance with the transfer provisions in Chapter XVIII of Volume I of the Procedural Rules of the Public Service Commission and the annual transfer policy approved through Public Service Commission letter No. PSC/EST/02-04-34/01/2017 dated 21 June 2017.

The transfer orders issued under this procedure are scheduled to take effect from 1 January 2027.

02 Important Dates and Information

Circular Number Education Circular No. 24/2026

Reference Number ED/05/67/37/07

Application Submission Deadline 31 July 2026

Effective Date 1 January 2027

Applicants should submit their applications early enough to obtain the recommendation of the head of the institution before the Ministry submission deadline.

03 Staff Categories Covered

The circular applies to officers belonging to the following non-academic staff categories appointed by the Ministry:

Development Assistant / Financial Assistant

Management Assistant – Graduate

Document or Records Assistant

Hostel Warden / Assistant Hostel Warden

Laboratory Assistant

Sports Instructor or Sports Coach

Plumbing, Electrical, Carpentry or Sick-Room Assistant

Cook

Library Assistant

School Security Officer

Technical Faculty Assistant

Laboratory Assistant – Category XII

Work or Office Assistant

Service Assistant – Sanitary Maintenance

04 Eligibility and Transfer Policy

Eligible to Apply An officer who has continuously served for at least two years at the present service station may apply for an annual transfer.

More Than Five Years Officers who have completed more than five years at the same service station will be considered for transfer.

Popular Service Stations Officers who have completed five years at a preferred or popular service station will be subject to compulsory transfer.

Ten Years in the Same Zone Officers who have completed ten years at popular service stations within the same education zone may be transferred outside the district.

Mutual Transfers Applications for mutual transfers will not be accepted during the period from the date of issuing the circular until 1 January 2027.

05 How to Apply

1 Complete the Online Application The transfer application must be submitted through the online system available through the official Ministry of Education website.

2 Use a Separate Email Address Only one applicant should use each email address. The same email address should not be used to submit applications for several officers.

3 Print the Completed Application After submitting the application online, print the completed application and submit it with the recommendation of the head of the institution.

4 Special Procedure for Sports Instructors Sports instructors must submit the printed application with the recommendations of the head of the institution and the Zonal Director of Education to the relevant Provincial Department of Education.

5 Submission by the Institution Heads of institutions must send the required applications and documents to the relevant transfer committee by registered post before 31 July 2026.

06 Annexes and Documents Required

Annex 01 – List of Transfer Applications Details of all annual transfer applications must be entered in the prescribed Excel sheet. A soft copy must be emailed to: annualtransfer@gmail.com

Annex 02 – Officers Who Have Completed Over Five Years This form must include officers who will have completed more than five years at the same service station by 31 December 2026. It must also identify officers recommended for temporary retention due to service requirements or serious medically certified illnesses.

Annex 03 – Details of All Relevant Staff Each institution must submit the details of all officers in the relevant non-academic staff categories, including officers who applied and officers who did not apply. The form must be certified through the relevant Zonal Director of Education or head of the institution.

07 Postal Address

Secretary Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education
Isurupaya
Battaramulla

Write “Annual Transfer of Non-Academic Staff – 2027” on the top-left corner of the envelope.

08 Appeals and Review Procedure

Annual Transfer Proposal Review Committees will be appointed to consider appeals against proposed transfers. Appeals will be considered only when they comply with the relevant Public Service Commission procedural rules.

• Transfers made contrary to the approved annual transfer policy.
• Situations where the officer’s requested service stations were not granted. Preferences numbered 1, 2 and 3 will be treated as the requested stations.
• Transfers issued against the officer’s stated request.
• Humanitarian circumstances such as a sudden accident, serious difficulty or illness that arose after the application was submitted.

Restriction on Appeals An officer cannot subsequently appeal to cancel or postpone a transfer that was granted according to that officer’s own request.

09 Annual Transfer Timetable

Before 16 June 2026 Appointment of the Annual Transfer Committee

Before 30 June 2026 Issue of the Annual Transfer Circular

Before 31 July 2026 Submission of completed applications with recommendations to the Ministry

Before 10 August 2026 Applications handed over to the Transfer Committee

Before 31 August 2026 Transfer Committee submits proposed transfers

Before 15 September 2026 Proposed transfers published and review committees appointed

Before 15 October 2026 Recommendations regarding transfer appeals submitted

Before 15 November 2026 Written recommendations of the Review Committee submitted

Before 30 November 2026 Final annual transfer orders published on the Ministry website

Before 15 December 2026 Final transfer orders officially issued

From 1 January 2027 Annual transfer orders implemented

10 Responsibilities of Heads of Institutions

• Ensure that accurate and complete information is submitted for every officer.
• Incorrect or incomplete information may result in disciplinary action against the responsible officers.
• Requests to retain an officer for one additional year due to essential service requirements must be submitted together with the original recommendations.
• The one-year retention concession may be granted only once to the same officer.
• Officers who receive transfer orders must be released on time without waiting for a replacement.
• An officer transferred to a service station requested by the officer will not normally receive a further revision.
• Institutions should train another officer in advance to undertake the duties of an officer expected to be transferred.

11 සිංහල සාරාංශය

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අධ්‍යාපන, උසස් අධ්‍යාපන හා වෘත්තීය අධ්‍යාපන අමාත්‍යාංශයෙන් පත් කරන ලද අනධ්‍යයන කාර්ය මණ්ඩලයට අයත් නිලධාරීන්ගේ 2027 වාර්ෂික ස්ථාන මාරු සඳහා අයදුම්පත් කැඳවා ඇත.

වත්මන් සේවා ස්ථානයේ අඛණ්ඩව වසර දෙකක් සේවය කළ නිලධාරීන්ට වාර්ෂික ස්ථාන මාරුවක් සඳහා අයදුම් කළ හැකිය. එකම සේවා ස්ථානයේ වසර පහකට වැඩි සේවා කාලයක් සම්පූර්ණ කළ නිලධාරීන් ස්ථාන මාරුවට යටත් වේ.

ජනප්‍රිය සේවා ස්ථානයක වසර පහක් සේවය කළ නිලධාරීන් අනිවාර්ය ස්ථාන මාරුවකට යටත් විය හැකි අතර, එකම කලාපයේ ජනප්‍රිය සේවා ස්ථානවල වසර දහයක් සේවය කළ නිලධාරීන් දිස්ත්‍රික්කයෙන් පිටතට මාරු කළ හැකිය.

අයදුම්පත මාර්ගගත ක්‍රමය ඔස්සේ ඉදිරිපත් කිරීම අනිවාර්ය වේ. මාර්ගගතව ඉදිරිපත් නොකරන අයදුම්පත් වාර්ෂික ස්ථාන මාරු මණ්ඩලයට ඉදිරිපත් නොකෙරේ. මාර්ගගත අයදුම්පතේ මුද්‍රිත පිටපත ආයතන ප්‍රධානියාගේ නිර්දේශය සමඟ ඉදිරිපත් කළ යුතුය.

සම්පූර්ණ කරන ලද අයදුම්පත් හා අදාළ ලේඛන 2026 ජූලි 31 දිනට පෙර අමාත්‍යාංශයට ඉදිරිපත් කළ යුතු අතර, අවසන් ස්ථාන මාරු 2027 ජනවාරි 1 දින සිට ක්‍රියාත්මක වේ.

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தற்போதைய சேவை நிலையத்தில் தொடர்ச்சியாக இரண்டு வருடங்கள் சேவையாற்றியுள்ள உத்தியோகத்தர்கள் வருடாந்த இடமாற்றத்திற்கு விண்ணப்பிக்கத் தகுதி பெறுவர். ஒரே சேவை நிலையத்தில் ஐந்து வருடங்களுக்கு மேல் சேவையாற்றிய உத்தியோகத்தர்கள் இடமாற்றத்திற்கு உட்படுத்தப்படுவர்.

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விண்ணப்பத்தை நிகழ்நிலை முறையில் சமர்ப்பிப்பது கட்டாயமாகும். நிகழ்நிலை முறையில் சமர்ப்பிக்கப்படாத விண்ணப்பங்கள் வருடாந்த இடமாற்றச் சபைக்கு அனுப்பப்படமாட்டாது. பூர்த்தி செய்யப்பட்ட விண்ணப்பத்தின் அச்சிடப்பட்ட பிரதியை நிறுவனத் தலைவரின் பரிந்துரையுடன் சமர்ப்பிக்க வேண்டும்.

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