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| Tuesday, 13 January 2004 |
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by Manjula Fernando Students will have the freedom to choose any three subjects for the Advanced Level examination under National Education Commission's (NEC) new proposals. The NEC has proposed that the A/L structure based on academic streams be abandoned in favour of this scheme. This will enable students to pick different subjects without restricting themselves to the current rigid streams of science, commerce and arts. In a recent set of proposals to the Government in its capacity as the advisory body on education policy, the NEC recommended that the present senior secondary structure should be revised to meet with emerging needs. Its recommendations, penned after a sectoral review on general education conducted in 2002-2003, were handed over to the government recently. However, it will be compulsory to maintain certain combinations, if required by universities, to follow degree courses such as medicine and engineering. The commission has suggested that the total number of A/L subjects be reduced from 41 to 31 and that the Common General paper be continued as a compulsory component for university admission. It also calls for practical tests for A/L science students as part of the GCE A/L examination. |
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