A/L results out next month

Dharma SRI ABEYRATNE

The results of the Advanced Level Examination 2011 will be released in the first week of December, Examinations Commissioner General Anura Edirisinghe said. For the first time in the history of examinations, the largest number of candidates sat for the examination this year.

Accordingly, 294,800 candidates sat for the examination which commenced on August 8 at 2,400 examination centres throughout the country and ended on September 3.

The number who sat for the examination this year is 50,000 more than the number of candidates who sat last year. More than 45,000 examination staffers were engaged in examination related activities during the examination period. Examinations Commissioner General Anura Edirisinghe said that, the result will probably be issued prior to the commencement of the school vacation.

He added that the Examinations Department is engaged in the result issuing process deploying the adequate number of staffers. Advanced Level answer scripts evaluation process, which commenced on September 9 has already been completed. The result issuing process normally takes 60 days from the conclusion of the examination.

He said that this year's result issuing process is somewhat complicated than last year, since the examination was held under two syllabuses as new and old. However, the Examinations Department has taken measures to ensure the smooth conduct of the result issuing process.

Under the new syllabus there are five subjects while under the old syllabus there were only four subjects, he said. The Commissioner assured that results regarding both syllabuses will be issued simultaneously or there may be a slight time gap of one or two days.2