Head of General Administration

Mrs. K. A. S. S. P. Kaluarachchi

Administrative Officer

Key Service

The General Administration Branch oversees educational development, school planning, and all personnel matters, including staff deployments, transfers, retirements, and institutional affairs.

• Maintaining personal files of non-academic staff (salary increments, foreign leave, service extensions, loan approvals, promotion recommendations, duty leave, maternity leave and special medical leave approvals, annual salary increments, service confirmations, transfers, disciplinary matters, etc.).
• Obtaining approvals for holiday pay and overtime duties.
• Organizing mechanisms for staff payments, overtime, daily wages, holiday pay, office water/electricity/telephone bill settlements, railway warrants issuance and settlements, etc.
• Granting approvals and recommendations for distress loans and Agrahara insurance claims.
• Managing transfers and official releases of non-academic staff serving within the education zone.
• Monitoring, checking, and updating attendance, departure, and leave records of office staff.
• Organizing and implementing staff training programs.
• Maintaining physical resources and facilities in the office conference hall.
• Handling all arrangements for the provision and maintenance of office utility services (water, electricity, telephone, etc.).
• Managing government quarters and official vehicle administration.
• Handling daily postal and mail operations.
• Managing and maintaining office archives and records.
• Managing the reception counter, internal communications, and implementation of institutional productivity concepts.
• Approving payment vouchers for office staff during election duties and submitting them to the Accounts Branch.
• Processing retirement gratuities and pensions for retiring officers.
• Preparing and issuing duty assignment letters for office staff.
• Handling all institutional and administrative matters related to the personal files of non-academic staff serving in the Zonal Education Office, Divisional Education Offices, and schools.
• Submitting overtime and combined allowance (travel expenses) claims to the Accounts Branch for Staff Officers, Management Service Officers, Development Officers, and Primary Skilled/Unskilled employees serving in the zonal office, divisional offices, and schools.
• Handling transfer affairs of the Primary Non-Skilled employee category within the education zone.