Unsuccessful at O-L and A-L Examination:

Govt to implement special program

Nadira Gunatilleke

The Government is to implement a special program for the benefit of schoolchildren who fail the Ordinary Level and Advanced Level Examinations, Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena said.

Minister Sirisena was addressing the gathering after opening the new auditorium and science laboratory built at Rajarata Maha Vidyalaya in Polonnaruwa at a cost of Rs 60 million. The project had been funded by President Mahinda Rajapaksa's 'Mahinda Chinthana - Vision for the future' program and Rural School Development Project. He said that attention often goes to students who pass these examinations with good grades, but no attention was paid to students who failed their examinations.

According to Minister Sirisena, scholarships and other facilities should be given to students who pass these examinations, but at the same time authorities should show concern as to why students fail examinations. There was no need to find out the details about schools which produce good results. We have to find out the details of schools which produce bad results and the reason/reasons behind it.