Foreign Leave for Government School Students – Circular 18/2026

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Ministry of Education Circular No. 18/2026

Foreign Leave for Government School Students

Guidelines for granting foreign leave to students travelling abroad with their parents or guardians for personal requirements.

18/2026 Circular Number

08 June 2026 Date Issued

Grades 1–13 Applicable Students

Government Schools National and Provincial

Overview of the Circular

The Ministry of Education has issued Circular No. 18/2026 introducing updated procedures for granting foreign leave to students studying in government schools.

The circular applies to students from Grade 1 to Grade 13 in national and provincial government schools who need to travel abroad with their parents or legal guardians for personal requirements.

The required approving authority depends on the total duration of the requested foreign leave.

Authority Required to Approve Foreign Leave

Up to 31 Days School Principal

Approval may be granted by the principal of the national or provincial school.

Over 31 Days to 6 Months Zonal Director of Education

The application must be forwarded with the recommendation of the school principal.

Over 6 Months to 1 Year Provincial Director of Education

Approval must be obtained through the relevant education authorities.

Over 1 Year to 2 Years Relevant National or Provincial Authority

National-school applications are handled by the Director of Education responsible for national schools. Provincial-school applications are handled by the Provincial Director of Education.

Application Procedure

1 The parent or legal guardian should complete the prescribed application included as Annex 01 of the circular.

2 The completed application should be submitted through the principal of the school attended by the student.

3 Details of the student, reason for travelling, destination country and requested leave period should be clearly stated.

4 The application should be submitted at least two weeks before the intended date of departure.

5 Students should not leave the country before receiving the required official approval.

Important Conditions

1 Foreign leave for six months or more will not normally be granted during the academic year in which a student is admitted to Grade 1.

2 Special provisions may apply to children of government officers who are officially appointed or assigned to serve abroad.

3 Students receiving long-term foreign leave may be subject to additional conditions concerning continued schooling after returning to Sri Lanka.

4 A student should return to school within seven school days after the approved leave period ends.

5 A student who fails to return within the permitted period may be treated as having left the school from the eighth school day.

6 Re-admission may be considered according to available vacancies, applicable regulations and the relevant admission procedure.

Parents and guardians are advised to read the complete circular and use the official application form before making travel arrangements.

සිංහල සාරාංශය

රජයේ පාසල් සිසුන් සඳහා විදේශ නිවාඩු ලබාදීම

රජයේ පාසල්වල 1 ශ්‍රේණියේ සිට 13 ශ්‍රේණිය දක්වා අධ්‍යාපනය ලබන සිසුන් පෞද්ගලික අවශ්‍යතා සඳහා දෙමාපියන් හෝ නීත්‍යානුකූල භාරකරුවන් සමඟ විදේශගත වන අවස්ථාවලදී විදේශ නිවාඩු ලබාදීමේ ක්‍රමවේදය මෙම 18/2026 චක්‍රලේඛයෙන් දක්වා ඇත.

දින 31ක් දක්වා නිවාඩු පාසල් විදුහල්පතිවරයා විසින් අනුමත කළ හැක. දින 31කට වැඩි කාලයක් සඳහා අදාළ කලාප, පළාත් හෝ ජාතික පාසල් අධ්‍යාපන බලධාරීන්ගේ අනුමැතිය ලබාගත යුතුය.

විදේශගත වීමට අවම වශයෙන් සති දෙකකට පෙර නියමිත අයදුම්පත විදුහල්පතිවරයා මාර්ගයෙන් ඉදිරිපත් කළ යුතු අතර අනුමැතිය ලැබීමට පෙර විදේශගත නොවිය යුතුය.

අනුමත නිවාඩු කාලය අවසන් වූ පසු පාසල් දින හතක් ඇතුළත නැවත පාසලට වාර්තා නොකළහොත් සිසුවා පාසලෙන් ඉවත් වූ අයෙකු ලෙස සැලකිය හැක.

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அரச பாடசாலைகளில் தரம் 1 முதல் தரம் 13 வரை கல்வி கற்கும் மாணவர்கள் தனிப்பட்ட தேவைகளுக்காக பெற்றோர் அல்லது சட்டபூர்வமான பாதுகாவலர்களுடன் வெளிநாடு செல்லும்போது வெளிநாட்டு விடுமுறை வழங்குவதற்கான நடைமுறைகள் சுற்றறிக்கை 18/2026 மூலம் அறிவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளன.

31 நாட்கள் வரையான விடுமுறையை பாடசாலை அதிபர் அனுமதிக்கலாம். 31 நாட்களுக்கு மேற்பட்ட விடுமுறைகளுக்கு கால எல்லைக்கு ஏற்ப வலயக் கல்விப் பணிப்பாளர், மாகாணக் கல்விப் பணிப்பாளர் அல்லது தேசிய பாடசாலைகளுக்குப் பொறுப்பான கல்விப் பணிப்பாளரின் அனுமதி பெறப்பட வேண்டும்.

மாணவர் வெளிநாடு செல்லவுள்ள திகதிக்கு குறைந்தது இரண்டு வாரங்களுக்கு முன்னர் அதிபர் ஊடாக உரிய விண்ணப்பத்தைச் சமர்ப்பிக்க வேண்டும். அனுமதி பெறுவதற்கு முன்னர் வெளிநாடு செல்லக்கூடாது.

அனுமதிக்கப்பட்ட விடுமுறை முடிவடைந்த பின்னர் ஏழு பாடசாலை நாட்களுக்குள் பாடசாலைக்கு மீண்டும் சமூகமளிக்காத மாணவர், எட்டாவது பாடசாலை நாளிலிருந்து பாடசாலையை விட்டு விலகியவராகக் கருதப்படலாம்.

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