Sri Lankan Education Ministry to Publish National School Teacher Transfer Appeal Decisions Online

 

Sri Lankan Education Ministry to Publish National School Teacher Transfer Appeal Decisions Online

The Ministry of Education, Higher Education, and Vocational Education has announced that decisions regarding appeals for the 2025 annual and compulsory national school teacher transfers will be published online starting May 15, 2026.

In a circular addressed to all National School Principals, Additional Secretary (Teacher Institutions) A.J.S.S. Edirisuriya—signing on behalf of the Ministry's Secretary—instructed school heads to inform their teaching staff about the release of these decisions.

The Ministry noted that formal transfer order letters will be issued in the near future. Principals have been directed to ensure that the affected teachers are released from their current duties on the officially stipulated dates.

According to the official release, the appeal decisions currently made available on the online system apply to the following 30 subject categories:

1. Communication & Media Studies (O/L, A/L)

2. Home Science

3. Home Economics

4. Geography (A/L)

5. Buddhism (A/L)

6. History (A/L)

7. Buddhist Civilization

8. Buddhism

9. Catholicism

10. Christianity

11. Islam

12. Saivaneri

13. Hinduism (A/L)

14. Christianity (A/L)

15. Tamil (A/L)

16. Arabic Literature & Appreciation

17. Design & Technology

18. Design & Construction Technology

19. Design & Mechanical Technology

20. Design, Electrical & Electronic Technology

21. Practical Technical Skills

22. Entrepreneurship Studies

23. Aquatic Bioresources Technology

24. Greek & Roman Civilization

25. Food Technology

26. Civil Technology

27. Electrical & Electronic Technology

28. Agro Technology

29. Political Science

30. Foreign Languages – Japanese, French, German, Korean, Hindi, Chinese (O/L, A/L)

Teachers can access their transfer appeal results by visiting the Ministry of Education's official online platform. Copies of the directive have also been forwarded to the Secretary of the Public Service Commission for further administrative action.