Rescheduling of AL exam not decided

Commissioner says requests have been made to put off exam until May end

Anjana GAMAGE

COLOMBO: Commissioner General of Examinations Anura Edirisinghe has requested Education Minister Susil Premjayantha to postpone the GCE A/L examination scheduled for April.

This is to allow time for the new cut off marks to reach the candidates following last year's revision of the AL Chemistry paper.

"We had a discussion with the Examinations Department officials. Normally there are three options from which to pick the time for the exam, between April, June or August," Commissioner Edirisinghe told the Daily News.

"However we have requested the Educational authorities to put off this year's GCE A/L until the end of May. But the Education Ministry has so far not communicated its decision to us," the Commissioner said.

The revision of the results of last year's A/L Chemistry paper and candidates expecting the cut off marks to be released by the University Grants Commission (UGC) has led the Examinations Department to make such a request for a re-scheduling of the GCE A/L Examination.

According to the Commissioner, a large number of candidates who sat last year's A/L examination have requested the Department of examinations to put off the GCE A/L examination this year as they have not been issued the 'cut off' marks so far and is not in a position to know whether they have to re-sit for the exam.