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PART  I :  SEC.  (IIA) – GAZETTE OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA –28.08.2026
3002
(Ordinary Level) Examination, including 
Language/Literature 
and 
Arithmetic/Pure 
Mathematics/Elementary 
Mathematics/
Commercial Arithmetic.
	
(iii)	 Candidates must be of an excellent character.
	
(iv)	 All the candidates must have the physical and 
mental fitness to serve in any part of the island 
and to perform the duties of the post.
	
(v)	 All 
the 
qualifications 
prescribed 
for 
recruitment to the post must have been 
satisfied as of  25th of September 2026
Note:-  
1)	 Any period of service served prior to being 
permanently appointed to a post, or any period of 
service or training completed as a condition for 
permanent appointment to a post, shall not be counted 
toward the five-year period required for qualifying 
mentioned in 6.0(i) above. Furthermore, the period 
of service on a casual/temporary basis completed by 
a candidate before his / her appointment to a certain 
post on a permanent basis shall not be taken into 
account when calculating the qualifying 05-year 
period mentioned in 6.0 (i) above. 
2)	 The Head of Department should be prepared to release 
the officer if he/she is selected for an appointment.
3)	 Employees in any Grade who are engaged in semi-
technical work, who have been trained on a certain 
task or who have been given special training by 
the government shall not be eligible to sit this 
examination.  For example, employees in engineering 
and industrial grades and Public Health Officers in 
the Department of Health shall not be eligible to sit 
for this examination.  In case there are any doubts as 
to whether a particular employee is eligible or not, 
the applicant should consult the Director General of 
Combined Services through the head of department.
    
When inquired by the Director General of Combined Services 
regarding the eligibility of any employee in this regard, 
the department concerned should submit a comprehensive 
description of the job held by the employee with the salary 
scale and state whether the applicant had been given any 
training to equip himself to hold the job and the nature and 
duration of such training, if any.  
4)	
Temporary and casual employees in public service, 
employees of Boards, Corporations and similar 
bodies are not eligible to compete in this examination. 
5)	
Except for the employees in the Combined Services, 
any other employee in the Department of Post who 
has been given training according to 3 above is not 
eligible to appear for this examination.
6)	
The candidates, before submitting their applications, 
should satisfy themselves that they have fulfilled 
all the requirements prescribed herein. Candidates 
who present themselves for the examination without 
satisfying the qualifications prescribed in this 
notification shall be disqualified, even if they obtain a 
required level of marks at the examination.
7.0	 Conditions of the Examination – 
	
(i)	 The examination will be held in Sinhala, Tamil 
and English languages. Candidates may sit 
for the examination in the language of their 
preference. Candidates must answer all the 
question papers of this examination in one and 
the same language. They shall not be allowed 
to change the language medium indicated in the 
application subsequently. Every candidate must 
answer both question papers.
	
(ii)	 The online examination application must be 
completed in English only. Once the Department 
of Examinations receives the soft copy of the 
application submitted by the applicant online, 
it will be verified and the candidates will be 
notified via SMS to the mobile phone number 
used to access the system or via email whether 
the application is accepted/not accepted by 
the Department as a valid application. Before 
completing the online application, you must 
download and read the Common Instructions on 
filling the application and strictly follow those 
instructions when filling out the application. 
Incomplete applications shall be rejected without 
any notice. 
	
(iii)	 Examination fee is Rs. 600/-.  Payment of 
examination fees must be made strictly using 
the following methods provided by the online 
system.
	
(i.)	 Through any Bank Credit Card,