Graduate teacher exam results released, interviews to begin November 15

Secretary to the Ministry of Education Nalaka Kaluwewa announced that results have been released of the competitive examination held on May 24, 2026, to recruit graduates to Grade 3-I (a) of the Sri Lanka Teachers’ Service.

At a special media briefing at the Department of Government Information on October 14, Kaluwewa said interviews for the first phase of recruitment, covering 17,000 graduates, will begin on November 15.

A total of 126,034 graduates sat the examination under the limited and open categories to fill Sinhala, Tamil and English medium teacher vacancies in national and provincial schools.

Kaluwewa said approximately 23,000 graduate teacher vacancies exist islandwide and that the Ministry aims to fill all these vacancies before the end of this year. Recruitment of Bachelor of Education graduates at provincial level is also planned.