GCE A/L results out in December

Dharma Sri ABEYRATNE

The Examinations Department will release the GCE Advanced Level Examination results by the end of December, a source from the Examinations Department told the Daily News.

The Advanced Level Examination was held last August. The answer scripts marking process is now being carried out in several answer scripts evaluation centres throughout the country.

The trade union action of some Teachers' Trade Unions has impacted the delay of issuing results since some teachers' trade unions had taken steps to boycott paper marking process demanding to rectify salary anomalies. "The trade union action has become the main cause delaying the release of results on time", Examinations Commissioner General Anura Edirisinghe said.

In addition, the computer system of Examinations Department has reached its highest capacity as the Examinations' Department is busy with the activities of several other examinations which have already been held and scheduled to be held in future such as the GCE Ordinary Level Examination. "Most probably this situation will affect on the issuing of results" in time, the Commissioner said.