{
  "id": 4910643,
  "title": "Cabinet aporives recruitment of Nursing Instructors for Nursing Schools under the Ministry of Health and Mass Media on Contract Basis",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/cabinet-aporives-recruitment-of-nursing-instructors-for-nursing",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-01T15:27:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Island Sri Lanka",
    "slug": "the-island-sri-lanka",
    "url": "http://island.lk/cabinet-aporives-recruitment-of-nursing-instructors-for-nursing-schools-under-the-ministry-of-health-and-mass-media-on-contract-basis/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Ministry of Health and Mass Media in the country has announced the recruitment of nursing instructors for its network of 17 nursing schools, including a postgraduate primary nursing school. Currently, there are 142 vacancies in the positions of Grade I/Special Grade Nursing Officer (Education) across these institutions. Additionally, 24 officers are set to be promoted to the special grade on December 31, 2025, due to ongoing vacancies in the Special Grade Nursing Officer (Education) post. This brings the total number of vacancies to 166.\n\nFurther, there are 24 vacancies in the post of Special Grade Nursing Officer (Education). Despite ongoing efforts to upgrade nursing schools to nursing colleges and convert nursing diploma courses into nursing degree courses, no recruitment actions have been taken for the relevant training required for the Grade I/Special Grade Nursing Officer (Education) positions. Consequently, the Cabinet of Ministers has approved a resolution proposed by the Minister of Health and Mass Media. This resolution permits the recruitment of retired nursing instructors and nursing instructors who previously served in nursing schools within the three armed forces, provided they are retired or have resigned legitimately. These individuals will be appointed to the Grade I/Special Grade Nursing Officer (Education) positions on a contract basis.",
  "summary": "There are 17 nursing schools under the Ministry of Health and Mass Media including the postgraduate primary nursing school. There are 142 vacancies in the posts of Grade I / Special Grade Nursing Officer (Education) as on 31.03.2026 in those schools while 24 officers are to be promoted to the special grade on 31.12.2025 owing […]",
  "key_points": [],
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/qatar-labour-ministry-warns-against-fake-domestic-worker-recruitment",
        "published": "2026-09-01T14:59:37.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}