New Salary Circular for the Government Officers was released on 25.03.2025 by Ministry of Public Administration , Provincial Council and Local Government.
Circular NO 10/2025
According to the Circular we have attached the New Salary Codes and Salary Scales for the Government Officers Below.
SLEAS (Grade I,II,III) - SL 1-2025
82 150 - 10 X 2400 - 8 X 2940 - 17 X 3900 - 195970
SLTES (Grade I,II,III) - SL 1-2025
82 150 - 10 X 2400 - 8 X 2940 - 17 X 3900 - 195970
SLPS (Grade I, II, III) - GE 4 -2025
72,280 - 7 X 1,670 - 6 X 2,400 - 25 X 2,970 - 172,620
SLTAS (Grade I, II) - GE 3 -2025
70,870 - 3 X 1,670 - 7 X 2,400 - 20 X 2,520 - 143,080
SLTS
Class 1, Class 2-Gr I, Class 2-Gr II - GE 2-2025
66,880 - 10 X 1,490 - 7 X 2,400 - 20 X 2,940 - 157,380
SLTS
Class 3-Gr I(A), Class 3-Gr I(B) ,Class 3-Gr I(C), Class 3-Gr II
Dinamina Paper Says, Results of GCE A/L 2024 Students will be released after the New Year.
Source - Dinamina 08.04.2025
The results of the GCE Advanced Level examination are expected to be released after the New Year period, said Commissioner General of Examinations Amit Jayasundara yesterday (07) to Dinamina.
The examination was held at 2312 centres across the country. A total of 333,183 candidates appeared for the examination, of which 253,390 were school candidates and 79,793 were private candidates.
The Advanced Level examination was held from 25th November to 31st December 2024.
The practical tests related to the Biosystems Technology (66) subject of the GCE Advanced Level examination were also held from 08th to 10th February.
The evaluation of the answer sheets of the GCE Ordinary Level examination commenced from 01st March.
The evaluation of GCE O/L answer sheets will be carried out at 1066 centers and over 15,000 teachers will participate in it.
The Department of Examinations has planned to conclude the evaluation of the first phase of the Ordinary Level examination the day after tomorrow (10).
The Sri Lanka Department of Examinations has not yet officially announced the release of the results of the recently held Advanced Level examination and there is no truth in the reports that the results of the Advanced Level examination will be released today or tomorrow, said the Commissioner General of Examinations, Amit Jayasundara.
Tuition teachers earn Rs. 210 billion (Rs 21 000 Crores ) annually, said Professor Wasantha Athukorala, Director of the Postgraduate Department of Economics, Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Peradeniya, to Silumina.
These calculations have been revealed according to a recent survey, and this does not include the charging of individual or small group classes conducted in urban areas, the Professor points out.
It has been revealed that tutoring teachers earn an income of
Rs. 3,500 Crores from scholarship students from Grade 3 to Grade 5
Rs. 9,400 Crores from GCE Ordinary Level students and
Rs 8,000 Crores from Advanced Level students.
Pointing out that some of these tutoring classes begin at 12:00 midnight, the professor said that this is also detrimental to the mental and physical health of the children.
He added that the huge amount of money earned in this way is not subject to any tax system.
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Three Grade 5 students who set a student on fire by lighting a thinner can in a classroom in revenge for the betrayal have been taken into custody by the Gampola, Kurunduwatta police and investigations have begun.
Angry over the theft of a tinder bottle from the classroom, three students aged 10 and 11 at a primary school in the Kurunduwatta, Yatapana area of the Gampola Educational Zone poured thinner into a paint container in the classroom and set it on fire, throwing it at another student, causing the student's legs to burn and injure him.
News Article which was published in Dinamina Paper (17.03.2025) and Translation of Tamil have been attached Below.
Increased salaries of government employees to be paid on April 10.
- Dinamina - 14 March 2025-
The Dinamina Newspaper Article Says,
The government is preparing to pay the increased salaries and allowances for public servants in this year’s budget from April. Arrangements are being made to pay the increased salaries when the April salary is paid on April 10 in observance of the Sinhala and Tamil New Year.
Accordingly, the government has arranged to issue a circular regarding the payment of increased salaries and allowances, a week after the adoption of the 2025 budget on March 21.
With the budget set to be passed on the 21st of this month, the Ministry of Public Administration will issue a circular containing the details of the increased salaries before March 28.
Accordingly, a circular has been issued and arrangements are being made to pay the increased salaries and allowances to government employees on the 10th of April, a senior official of the Ministry of Finance said.
The Supreme court concluded the hearing and reserved its judgement for December 31 on four fundamental Rights petitions seeking the cancellation of the Grade 5 Scholarship Examination.
A Teacher From Kandy has been arrested on bringing ballot paper to home mistakenly after the postal vote which was held on 01.11.20024 in Kandy School.