Sri Lanka Administrative Service - SLAS

Open Competitive Examination for 

Recruitment to Grade III of the Sri Lanka Administrative Service – 2014(2016)

Designation of Post: Sri Lanka Administrative Service - SLAS

Number of persons to be appointed is 104.

Educational Qualifications

* Shall have possessed a degree from a university recognized by the University Grant Commission or from an institution recognized by the University Grants Commission as an institution for awarding degrees.

Note.– Effective date of the degree shall be a date on or before the application closing date.

Age.– Shall not be less than twenty two (22) years of age and not have reached 28 years of age as at the closing date of the application. (Accordingly candidates who have the date of birth on or after 15.02.1988 and on or before 15.02.1994 are eligible to apply for the examination)

Written Examination Model.

The Examination shall consist of the following five (05) question papers

(i) General Intelligence:-

It is expected to assess the capacity of the candidate in analytical skills, logical comprehension, interpretative ability, ability in application to other situations and arriving and conclusions in response to problems presented to the candidate in relation to numberical, lingual and figurative structures and inter-relations.

(Duration 1 1/2 hours - 100 marks.  This question paper shall consist of multiple choice questions Candidates are required to answer all questions)

(ii) Social, Economic, Political background and trends in Sri Lanka:-

It is expected to test the candidate's knowledge of the social, economic, political, cultural, scientific and technological conditions in Sri Lanka or his ability to think creatively analytically and critically and the ability to decide priority and strategic projection in response to situation presented to him.

(Duration 3 hours - 100 marks. This question paper shall consist of structured essay type, essay type, multiple choice questions and questions for short answers. Candidates are required to answer all questions).

(iii) Global Trends

It is expected to test the candidate's knowledge of the global economy, political, cultural, scientific and technological technological conditions or his ability to think creatively analytically and critically and the ability to decide priority and strategic projection in response to situation presented to him.

(Duration 3 hours - 100 marks. This question paper shall consist of structured essay type, essay type, multiple choice questions and questions for short answers. Candidates are required to answer all questions)

(iv) Aptitude for Management:-

It is expected to test the candidate's skills in identifying problems and their reasons, decisions making, maintaining interpersonal relationships and communicative ability, fourmulation of self disciplinary policies and strategies and innate wisdom etc. in response to situation presented to him.

(Duration 3 hours - 100 marks. This question paper shall consist of structured essay type, essay type, multiple choice questions and questions for short answers. Candidates are required to answer all questions).

(v) Creative, analytical and communication skills.

It is expected to test the candidate's ability for reasoning and imagination in relation to the analyzing, collating and presenting of information on a topic/themes selected by the candidate from a given set of topics/themes and the ability to comprehend a complex passage, a piece of writing or a memorandum and express the salient ideas thereof concisely, clearly and accurately in the candidate's own words.

(Duration 3 hours - 100 marks, Candidates are required to answer all questions).

Date of Examination.– This examination will be held in Colombo in April, 2016.

closing date:- 15.02.2016.

Commissioner

General of Examinations Organization and Foreign Examination Branch, 

Department of Examinations

Sri Lanka, 

P. O. Box, 1503, 

Colombo