The Ministry of Education has published online the interview details for graduates shortlisted for appointment to the Sri Lanka Teachers Service, covering all provinces and all three language mediums.
The recruitment is to Grade 3-I (a) of the service, filling vacancies for Sinhala, Tamil and English-medium teachers in national and provincial schools, the Daily Mirror reported in a filing by Chaturanga Pradeep Samarawickrama at 8:47 a.m. Colombo time on Sunday.
What candidates need to do
The published details include each candidate’s interview date, time, venue and interview board number, and have been available on the ministry’s official website since 30 October 2026.
The listings cover candidates from all provinces and all three mediums, including full-time disabled candidates.
Alongside the schedule, the ministry has published:
- Instruction sheets G3 and G4, setting out the requirements for attending an interview
- Forms F2, F3, F4 and F5, which candidates must submit together with the relevant supporting documents
Candidates have been told to follow the instructions carefully and to attend on the specified date and time with all required documents.
Interview call letters will also be sent by registered post to the addresses given on application forms, beginning 2 November 2026. Candidates whose details are already published online therefore need not wait for the letter to confirm their slot — a point that matters given the short interval between publication and the start of posting.
Context
Teacher recruitment has been one of the government’s more closely watched staffing exercises. The Prime Minister said in October that some 30,000 teachers would be recruited as part of a wider education reform programme, and an earlier competitive examination for the service drew 163,433 candidates.
Grade 3-I (a) is the entry grade for graduates joining the Sri Lanka Teachers Service, and appointments at this grade are the principal route by which graduates enter state school teaching.
Not reported
The filing does not give the ministry’s web address, the number of candidates shortlisted, the number of vacancies being filled, or the dates over which the interviews will run. It does not say how the shortlist was arrived at, how it relates to the examination held earlier, or what provision has been made for candidates whose published details are incorrect or who do not receive a call letter. No appeal route or contact point is given.
Single verified source. This report was carried by the Daily Mirror, a verified newsroom. No other verified outlet had filed on the publication at the time of writing — the Hiru rails and the NewsFirst homepage were both checked. Ada Derana remains unreachable behind a CloudFront block. Candidates should rely on the ministry’s own website rather than on any secondary report, including this one, for their individual interview details.
