Over 500,000 sit O-Ls
Waruna Padmasiri
Over 500,000 candidates are sitting the GCE Ordinary Level
examination which began at 3,920 centres yesterday. The first paper was
religion.
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Former LTTE cadres sitting the O/L examination at Tamil
Central College, Vavuniya yesterday.
Picture by Vipulasena Bandara. |
According to Examinations Department sources, 385,000 school
candidates and 146,000 private candidates are sitting the examination
this year. Department officials said that they have issued guidelines
and instructions to examination centre heads to prevent irregularities.
Meanwhile, 62 former LTTE cadres, rehabilitated by the government,
sat the examination at Tamil Central College in Vavuniya yesterday.
Meanwhile, Rehabilitation Ministry Secretary A Dissanayake told the
Daily News that 77 students at rehabilitation centres and over 20
individuals at Welikada prison are sitting O/L examination this year.
The examination ends on December 21. |
