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Other Essential Circulars

Index No.	Title	Circular Number	Date Issued	Amendments / Updates
1	Applicability of the Government Establishments Code	Commission 911	14 May 2009	None listed
2	Common Directives on Non-Evidenced and Anonymous Complaints and Discontinuation of Investigations at Universities	Commission 02/2023	2023	None listed
3	IT Governance and Management (IT Policy)	Commission 02/2013	29 Jan 2013	None listed
4	Open and Equitable Access Policy for All Students	Commission 14/2022	2022	None listed
5	Policy Framework for Gender Equity and Equality of SUSL	SUSL Council Memo 17:229:58	28 Jul 2017	None listed
6	Revision of Salaries for University Staff	Commission 02/2025(i)	4 Apr 2025	None listed
7	Student Protection: Ragging, SGBV and Safety	Commission 919	15 Jan 2010	Preventing Sexual and Gender-based Violence (SGBV): Strategies for Universities (Feb 2015) Policy and strategy guidance Commission 12/2019 (2019) Strategies and actions Commission 04/2020 (2020) Complaints by students and staff Commission 01/2025 (2025) Survivor support and new-entrant safety Commission 07/2025 (2025) Supreme Court judgment implementation Commission 02/2026 (6 Feb 2026) Supervision of student-organized events

Index No.	Title	Circular Number	Date Issued	Amendments / Updates
1	Academic Appointments and Promotion: Lecturer / Senior Lecturer	Commission 721	21 Nov 1997	Commission 08/2016 (14 Jun 2016) Amendment Commission 07/2018 (2 Aug 2018) Amendment Commission 16/2018 (2018) Promotion amendment Est. Letter 14/2018 (2018) Confirmation/promotion clarification
2	Academic Appointments and Promotion: Associate Professor / Professor	Commission 916	30 Sep 2009	Est. Letter 04/2010 (19 Mar 2010) Amendment Commission 04/2014 (1 Apr 2014) Amendment Commission 11/2019(iii) (17 Feb 2020) Suspended amendment series UGC amendment (17 Dec 2020) Later amendment
3	Academic Appointments: Senior Professor	Commission 05/2015	28 May 2015	None listed
4	Alternative Assessments in Universities and HEIs	Commission 11/2020	1 Dec 2020	None listed
5	Ethics and Academic Accountability for Academic Staff in the Sri Lankan University System	UGC/AC/QA/Gen	7 May 2015	None listed
6	Learning to Live with Diversity Course in Undergraduate Orientation	Commission 06/2025	2025	None listed
7	Programme Pathways: Early-Exit / Fall-Back Awards	Commission 04/2021	2021	Commission 02/2024 (2024) Replacement/update
8	Programme Pathways: RPL, Credit Transfer and Lateral Entry	Commission 05/2021	2021	None listed
9	Quality Assurance Systems: CQA / Faculty IQAC	Commission 04/2015	5 May 2015	Commission 09/2019 (7 Oct 2019) Further strengthening

Index No.	Title	Circular Number	Date Issued	Amendments / Updates
1	Administrative and Financial Officers: Recruitment and Promotion Schemes	Commission 440	Date unavailable	Commission 922 (23 Jun 2010) Schemes for posts carrying U-EX 1(IV) and above Senior-level executive staff annex Middle-level executive staff annex Junior-level executive staff annex Commission 948 (10 Mar 2011) Amendment to Commission 922 Commission 05/2014 (2014) Further amendment to Commission 922 UGC/HR/01/02/30/01(2020) (17 Dec 2020) English-language efficiency-bar requirement for specified administrative and financial officer grades
2	Director/Planning and Director/Infrastructure Development: Recruitment Schemes	Commission 989	29 May 2012	None listed
3	Director/Student Accommodation: Re-designation and Recruitment Scheme	Commission 03/2016	5 Feb 2016	Recruitment scheme annex (5 Feb 2016) Scheme reproduced following re-designation of the post Updates the Director/Accommodation scheme issued with Commission 948
4	Legal & Documentation and Library Services Administrative Officers: Promotions	Commission 03/2020	1 Jun 2020	Rescinds Establishments Circular Letter 06/2012 with effect from 1 Feb 2017 Creation or upgrading of the relevant cadre positions requires prior approval from the Department of Management Services
5	Programme Pathways: Early-Exit / Fall-Back Awards	Commission 04/2021	2021	Commission 02/2024 (2024) Replacement/update
6	Programme Pathways: RPL, Credit Transfer and Lateral Entry	Commission 05/2021	2021	None listed
7	Quality Assurance Systems: CQA / Faculty IQAC	Commission 04/2015	5 May 2015	Commission 09/2019 (7 Oct 2019) Further strengthening

Index No.	Title	Circular Number	Date Issued	Amendments / Updates
1	Academic-Support Staff: Recruitment Schemes	Commission 725	29 Jan 1998	Commission 08/2020 (2020) Confirmation / EB / promotion
2	Instructor in English: Recruitment Scheme	Commission 14/2017	2017	None listed