Sri Lanka Planning Service Exam case studies
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The Sri Lanka Planning Service Examination is a competitive recruitment examination used to select officers for the government planning service, a cadre that prepares and appraises development projects and contributes to national and sub-national planning work. Candidates are typically graduates, often in economics, management, social sciences, geography or engineering, who are already in or seeking public-sector service; many prepare while employed, so the syllabus rewards steady part-time study over last-minute cramming. The Sri Lanka Planning Service Exam case studies are 5 cases and about 4,009 words.
1The Aswesuma Appeals Backlog
The Kahatagollewa Divisional Secretariat has 12 working days to dispose of 1,450 appeals filed against rejections under the second phase of the Aswesuma social welfare programme. The office has four welfare officers; one begins three weeks of maternity leave tomorrow, and the divisional vehicle is shared with the land registry.
795 words, about 4 min2Capital Budget, Recurrent Trap
A district planning committee in the Dry Zone must commit a five-year local development budget of LKR 320 million in capital works. The annual recurrent budget can absorb only LKR 22 million in new operation and maintenance (O&M) costs, because LKR 12 million of the LKR 34 million O&M envelope is already committed.
874 words, about 4 min3Bid Evaluation on a Provincial Road
A provincial road development authority has four bids for resurfacing 18 km of road. The procurement committee uses a 70:30 technical-to-price weighting, a mandatory technical threshold of 70 points, and a mandatory completion period of 90 days.
766 words, about 4 min4Heritage Site Under Tourism Pressure
The Mahawela Raja Maha Vihara, an old temple with 18th-century Kandyan murals, receives about 320 visitors a day, rising to 3,000 during the annual festival. The chief incumbent has agreed to a tourism development proposal: a 400-square-metre concrete visitor centre 25 metres from the shrine room, 25 permanent vendor stalls along the access path, floodlighting of the murals, and a new ticket gate.
784 words, about 4 min5Correcting the IMF Brief
A ministry communications unit must answer a public controversy within 48 hours. Social media posts claim that: (i) Sri Lanka's IMF programme is a US 3 billion grant that will be used to pay public sector salaries; (ii) the debt restructuring has cancelled all foreign debt; (iii) the programme imposes austerity with no growth measures; and (iv) the government can simply stop the programme and use the money for welfare.
790 words, about 4 min