Circulars

Ministry Circulars

Suraksha Student Insurance Scheme
Issued Date: 02 August, 2024
Circular Number: 29/2024
Annual Transfer Procedure of the Sri Lanka Teacher Educator Service – 2025
Issued Date: 20 August, 2024
Circular Number: 27/2024
Establishment of Young Inventor Clubs at the Schools and Conducting Invention Competitions
Issued Date: 06 June, 2024
Circular Number: 14/2024
Procedures to be followed when Gift Vouchers are issued to purchase Sanitary Pads for School Girls
Issued Date: 22 May, 2024
Circular Number: 17/2024
Program of providing Free School Uniform Materials to the Schools Students – 2024
Issued Date: 21 February, 2024
Circular Number: 06/2024
The Procedure to be followed when a building in any National School in the island is to be demolished and removed
Issued Date: 19 September, 2012
Circular Number: 01/2012
Obtaining approval for constructions in national schools using funds provided by school development societies. old students’ associations,benefactors or parents
Issued Date: 19 April, 2013
Circular Number: 01/2013
Administration / Financial Management of Provincial and Zonal Information Technology and Distance Learning Hubs
Issued Date: 17 July, 2024
Circular Number: 26/2024
School Health Promotion Programme
Issued Date: 08 October, 2007
Circular Number: 21/2007
Establishment Of Language Promotion Circles
Issued Date: 01 June, 2015
Circular Number: 01/2015
National Teacher Transfer Policy
Issued Date: 13 December, 2007
Circular Number: 20/2007
Implementation of the new service Minute of the Sri Lanka Teachers’ Service
Issued Date: 13 October, 2023
Circular Number: 31/2023
The Programme to Convert the School Premises to a Model Garden in line with the Divi Neguma National Development Programme
Issued Date: 28 December, 2012
Circular Number: 02/2013
School – Based Learning Enhancement Grant (SBLEG)- 2023
Issued Date: 11 August, 2023
Circular Number: 32/2023
Establishment of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Units
Issued Date: 21 June, 2011
Circular Number: 20/2011
Circular and Guidance Manual on Special Education Assessment
Issued Date: 08 September, 2022
Circular Number: 33/2022
Office Hours of Officers of the Ministry of Education
Issued Date: 23 May, 2013
Circular Number: 20/2013
Amendment Of the Circular for Conducting Social Science Competitions at School, Zanal, Provincial, All lsland and National Levels.
Issued Date: 19 January, 2018
Circular Number: 02/2018
Management of Student Hostels in Schools
Issued Date: 20 September, 2023
Circular Number: 33/2023
Delegation of Authority Under F.R.135 – Year 2021
Issued Date: 10 February, 2021
Circular Number: 02/2021
Leave and Late Reliefs of Teachers
Issued Date: 26 January, 2023
Circular Number: 37/2023
Launching of G.C.E Advance Level Technology Subject Stream
Issued Date: 08 June, 2016
Circular Number: 20/2016
The Amendment For Grade 6 Students’ Admission Under the Circular no.2008/37 Related to the Admission Of Students From Grade 2 to Grade 11
Issued Date: 16 December, 2018
Circular Number: 03/2018
School Calendar -2024
Issued Date: 29 November, 2023
Circular Number: 39/2023
Attire of the parents entering the school
Issued Date: 22 September, 2016
Circular Number: 21/2016
lncrcasing the number of National Sschools Up to1000 by upgrading the Schools Sclccled From Existing Schools in the School System into National Schools and Establishment of 20 full-tiedged triling Sccondary National Schools at District level and Establishment of School network with a Core School nctwor king the said schools
Issued Date: 01 January, 2020
Circular Number: 03/2020
Implementation of the Service Minute of the Teacher Advisors’ Service
Issued Date: 20 August, 2020
Circular Number: 21/2020
Removal of Practical Tests conducted using Mercury from G.C.E (Advance Level) Physics Syllabus
Issued Date: 09 November, 2021
Circular Number: 21/2021
The procedures to be followed in the issuance of gift vouchers to purchase shoes for the students of the schools in difficult and isolated areas
Issued Date: 24 November, 2023
Circular Number: 40/2023
First Efficiency Bar Examination for the Legal Officers in Grade III of Executive Service Category of the Ministry of Education – 2023 (2024)
Issued Date: 04 December, 2023
Circular Number: 41/2023
Program of Evaluation to ensure quality in Institutions of Teacher Education
Issued Date: 31 December, 2012
Circular Number: 04/2013
Allocation of Quarters belonging to the National Schools
Issued Date: 06 July, 2018
Circular Number: 22/2018
School Road Safety Program Establishment of Road Safety Clubs at School Level
Issued Date: 05 January, 2024
Circular Number: 44/2023
Scholarship Programme 2022(2023) awarded by the President’s Fund for the Students of the G.C.E (A/L) Subject Streams
Issued Date: 07 December, 2023
Circular Number: 45/2023
‘Suraksha’ Student Insurance Scheme -2020/2021
Issued Date: 17 March, 2021
Circular Number: 04/2021
Vesak week of Buddhist Era 2563 Motto -” Dhammachari Sukhan Sethi -One who acts in Dhamma lives with comforts “
Issued Date: 09 April, 2019
Circular Number: 22-2019
All Island Inter Schools Muslim Cultural Competition – 2024
Issued Date: 13 December, 2023
Circular Number: 47/2023
‘Guru Setha’ Special Loan Scheme – Recover of Loans Granted
Issued Date: 07 December, 2023
Circular Number: 48/2023
Implementation of school-based Assessment Program for Grades 6-13 from 2017 and Onwards
Issued Date: 01 June, 2017
Circular Number: 23/2017
All Island School Drama and Theater Festival -2022
Issued Date: 04 April, 2022
Circular Number: 04/2022
Standardization of Zonal Education Offices
Issued Date: 31 January, 2020
Circular Number: 37/2019
Utilization of Computer Resource Centers
Issued Date: 08 October, 2012
Circular Number: 25/2012
All Island Schools Western Music & Dance Competition Circular 2017
Issued Date: 11 January, 2017
Circular Number: 05/2017
Purchase and distribution of Science equipment and chemicals for state schools
Issued Date: 30 November, 2012
Circular Number: 40/2012
Admission of Students for G.C.E(Advance Level) Classes
Issued Date: 11 June, 2013
Circular Number: 25/2013
Implementation of the New Curriculum for Grade Five from Year 2020
Issued Date: 29 October, 2019
Circular Number: 42/2019
Revision of annual income limit of Parernts/legal guardians considered in the award of Schoolarship allowances based on the Resuits of grade5 scholar ship examination
Issued Date: 20 January, 2009
Circular Number: 06/2009
Obtaining Land from State Lands which are being Administered under the Companies for Improving Plantation Schools
Issued Date: 06 July, 2018
Circular Number: 25/2018
Teaching Selected Subjects in English Medium at G.C.E (A/L) classes
Issued Date: 03 November, 2008
Circular Number: 43/2008
Revision of syllabus Information and communication Technology -G.C.E.(A/L)
Issued Date: 19 March, 2014
Circular Number: 06/2014
All Island School Drama and Theatre Festival-2021
Issued Date: 11 September, 2020
Circular Number: 25/2020
Determining the Academic Staff to be in a School
Issued Date: 28 April, 2021
Circular Number: 06/2021
Education Sector Development Framework and Programme (2012-2016) Ministry of Education
Issued Date: 08 December, 2014
Circular Number: 45/2014
Changing the subject of Teaching Appointments
Issued Date: 23 February, 2019
Circular Number: 07/2019
Implementing Curriculum for Secondary Grades(6-11)
Issued Date: 15 September, 2008
Circular Number: 27/2010
Revision of the scholarship Allowance System Awarded in the Grade 5 Scholarship Examination held for Providing Schools and Scholarship Allowance
Issued Date: 17 March, 2005
Circular Number: 08/2005
Offering benefits of the Property Loan Proposed by the budget proposal 2017 for the approved teachers in Government Approved Aided Private Schools
Issued Date: 31 August, 2018
Circular Number: 48i/2017
Education Sector Development Framework and Programme (2015-2019) Ministry of Education
Issued Date: 25 June, 2018
Circular Number: 27/2018
Removal of Certain subject Areas from the G.C.E.(A/L) Science 2011
Issued Date: 10 March, 2011
Circular Number: 09/2011
Facing the Possibility of Spreading new influenza A/H1N1 at an epidemic level
Issued Date: 20 October, 2009
Circular Number: 33/2009
Reuse of School Textboooks
Issued Date: 20 September, 2020
Circular Number: 27-2020
Submition of on line applications for entering the state Universities 2016/2017 Study year
Issued Date: 25 January, 2017
Circular Number: 09/2017
All Island Schools Western Music and Dance Competition 2021
Issued Date: 21 September, 2020
Circular Number: 28/2020
Revised Code of Instruction for School Libraries and Learning Resource Centers
Issued Date: 25 April, 2018
Circular Number: 11/2018
Inviting Nomination for the Presentation of ‘ Prabuddha Readers Awards’ – 2016
Issued Date: 29 December, 2015
Circular Number: 33/2015
Implementing New Curriculum for Secondary Grades (6-11)
Issued Date: 21 April, 2008
Circular Number: 12/2008
Providing two years teachers’ training by teachers colleges for untrained teachers
Issued Date: 16 December, 2016
Circular Number: 28/2016
Implementation of the New Curriculum for Grade 4 with Effect from 2019
Issued Date: 30 August, 2018
Circular Number: 34/2018
Delegation of Authority under F.R.135- year 2017
Issued Date: 28 February, 2017
Circular Number: 12/2017
Amending the provisions governing “The immediately preceding five(05)year period of satisfactory service” set out in the approved Scheme of Recruitment and Service Minutes
Issued Date: 01 January, 2020
Circular Number: 01/2020
Grant of Study Leave for New Graduate Teachers for the Vocational Orientation Three Months In Service Teacher Certificate Course
Issued Date: 22 September, 2006
Circular Number: 36/2006
Revision of the circular on the Conduct of the Second National Language (Sinhala /Tamil) Annual Competition in School ,Zonal,Provincial and All Island Levels
Issued Date: 13 March, 2018
Circular Number: 12/2018
Approval for the Deplovment in Overtime Duties and Payment of allowances
Issued Date: 24 February, 2020
Circular Number: 12/2020
Admission of Children in to grade one
Issued Date: 29 July, 2021
Circular Number: 13i/2021
All Island Mathematics Competition
Issued Date: 29 May, 2019
Circular Number: 36/2018
Schools Classification for the Recruitment of Academic Staffs to Schools and Placing and Transferring
Issued Date: 29 January, 2024
Circular Number: 01/2024
Grant of Study Leave for Certificate Course in Library and Information Science
Issued Date: 23 June, 2005
Circular Number: 14/2005
School Calendar – 2021
Issued Date: 31 December, 2020
Circular Number: 36/2020
Human Resource Training and Development ;policy, planning and lmplementation
Issued Date: 28 February, 2017
Circular Number: 14/2017
Guidelines on Infrastructure and Environmental Arrangement
Issued Date: 31 January, 2024
Circular Number: 02/2024
The Circular Issuing Instructions Pertaining to the Implementation of the Environmental pioneer program within the School System
Issued Date: 31 December, 2003
Circular Number: 37/2003
Strengthening and improving Provincial and Zonal Information and communication Technological Centres
Issued Date: 30 April, 2014
Circular Number: 15/2014
Collage of Education Term Plan-2023
Issued Date: 28 February, 2023
Circular Number: 03/2023
Delegation of Powers on Financial Regulation135-Year 2024
Issued Date: 21 February, 2024
Circular Number: 05/2024
Preparing Schools and Educational Institutes to Prevent the Spreading of COVID -2019
Issued Date: 11 May, 2020
Circular Number: 15/2020
Preparing students who are Follwing the new Science Syllabi From 2017 ,for G.C.E A/L Examination to be help from 2019 Onwards
Issued Date: 29 March, 2018
Circular Number: 16/2018
Determining the cadre of the Academic staff of government Approved Private Schools
Issued Date: 20 June, 2018
Circular Number: 17/2018
Provision of the School based grants for the improvement of the targeted subjects under the Secondary Education Sector Improvement Programme(SESIP)
Issued Date: 25 May, 2023
Circular Number: 07ii/2022
Declaration and the pramotion of the use of e-thaksalawa Learning Content Management System as the National Learning Content System for Genera Education
Issued Date: 27 July, 2020
Circular Number: 18/2020
National Level School ICT Champions
Issued Date: 01 June, 2009
Circular Number: 19/2009
All Island School Dancing Competition-2023
Issued Date: 27 February, 2023
Circular Number: 09/2023
Formation of ‘Computer Hardware and Network solution Teams’ in Schools
Issued Date: 11 June, 2011
Circular Number: 19/2011
School Calendar-2023
Issued Date: 17 March, 2023
Circular Number: 10/2023
All Island School Drama and Theatre Festival -2023
Issued Date: 12 April, 2023
Circular Number: 12/2023
All Island Schools’ Western Music and Dance Competition 2023
Issued Date: 06 April, 2023
Circular Number: 14/2023
Vesak Week of Buddhist Era 2567
Issued Date: 18 April, 2023
Circular Number: 16/2023
Admission of Students from Grade 2 to Grade 11 of the Schools
Issued Date: 25 April, 2023
Circular Number: 17/2023
Revision of Guidelines for School Libraries and Learning Resource Centres – 2023
Issued Date: 07 September, 2023
Circular Number: 23/2023
Providing an Adjustment Allowance for Teacher Advisor’s Service
Issued Date: 24 May, 2023
Circular Number: 25/2023
Criteria/Methodologies to be followed in purchasing Books and Printed and Non-printed Learning Aids or receiving those as donations for School Libraries
Issued Date: 31 May, 2023
Circular Number: 22/2023