'Lankan students in Chennai welcome to sit O/L'

Dharma Sri Abeyratne

The Examinations Department will conduct the GCE Ordinary Level Examination in Chennai this year for refugee students in India if the Department receives applications from those students, Examinations Commissioner General Anura Edirisinghe told the Daily News.

The Department has not received any applications from refugee students, unlike the previous year. The examination will not be held if there is a drop in the number of candidates, he said.

"If there is a request from the refugee community, the Department will definitely hold the examination," the Examinations Commissioner General said.

According to census of the Examinations Department last December, nearly 60 students sat the examination, while about 100 students sat the examination in 2006 in Chennai.

The Directorate of Government Examinations in Chennai, the Sri Lankan Deputy High Commission along with the Department of Examinations will make arrangements for the applicants who wish to sit the examination, Eidirisinghe said.