The Public Service Commission has approved a request from the Ministry of Education to provide concessions on the efficiency bar examinations required under the Sri Lanka Teachers’ Service.
Accordingly, teachers promoted to Grade I of the Sri Lanka Teachers’ Service between October 23, 2022, and June 30, 2025, will be exempted from completing the relevant efficiency bar examinations.
However, the required efficiency bar examination must be completed before they are considered for their next promotion.
A similar concession has been approved for officers who were promoted on the condition that they complete the efficiency bar examination applicable to the grade preceding the grade to which they were promoted. They will also be required to complete the examination before receiving their next promotion.
In addition, officers whose grade promotion falls between June 30, 2025, and the dates on which the efficiency bar examinations applicable to their respective grades are conducted will be granted their grade promotions without requiring completion of the relevant modules or efficiency bar examinations at that stage.
The First Efficiency Bar Examination will be conducted in accordance with Gazette Extraordinary No. 2494 dated June 19, 2026, while the Second Efficiency Bar Examination will be held under Gazette Extraordinary No. 2498 dated July 17, 2026.
The Third Efficiency Bar Examination will be conducted in accordance with Gazette Extraordinary No. 2503 dated August 21, 2026.
The Ministry of Education is expected to issue a circular in due course formally informing all relevant parties of the decisions and applicable concessions.
The efficiency bar examination system was introduced under the amended Teachers’ Service Minute published in Gazette Extraordinary No. 2444/21 dated July 8, 2025.
