Cabinet approval granted to recruit 62,000 to public service: President

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake says his government’s aspiration is to bring the state into modernity.

Speaking at the 2025 National Youth Conference in Colombo today (12), President Dissanayake noted that Cabinet approval has already been granted to promptly recruit around 62,000 individuals into the public service as part of the modernization effort.

The President said, “Our government is not merely a center that provides jobs. Our government must become a center that creates jobs. But more importantly, we need a government that can build an economy and a social structure capable of sustaining such job creation through the public sector. Right now, our government is a patchwork of bits and pieces. What we are doing is bringing governance into the modern age. That’s why we’ve already identified about 62,000 vacancies that need to be urgently filled in the public service, and Cabinet approval has been granted for this.”