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Exams amid a pandemic

12 Oct 2020

  • Education Ministry to ensure all precautions followed
By Sarah Hannan As the Grade Five Scholarship examination successfully concluded yesterday (11), adhering to all the health guidelines and preventive measures communicated by the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Education and the Department of Examinations assured that the same measures will be taken for the GCE Advanced Level (A/L) examination that commences today (12). Minister of Education Prof. G.L. Peiris, along with Commissioner General of Examinations Sanath Poojitha and Media Secretary to the Minister Buddhika Wickramadara, had paid a personal visit yesterday to the D.S. Senanayake College in Colombo, minutes after the examination had concluded, to observe the safety measures that were in place. “First of all, we would like to thank all the parents who have placed their trust in the Government to send their children to the examination. Parents called us and thanked the Government. We are happy about that,” Prof. Peiris elaborated. He further noted that a majority of parents had sent requests to the Ministry of Education to not further delay the Grade Five Scholarship and A/L examinations of 2020. “The examinations were already postponed twice, and we did not want to burden the children and the parents anymore. Therefore, as agreed upon over the past weeks, we have now prepared all examination centres and halls to adhere to the health and safety guidelines that were issued by the health services authorities, the Ministry of Defence, and the Ministry of Transport to facilitate the examinations that will be held in the next four weeks,” Prof. Peiris added. All arrangements have been made to hold the A/L examination from 12 October to 6 November. The Ministry of Education urged parents and guardians to send all children sitting for the exam without any hesitation.


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