More students pass OL

16 March 2011 01:28 pm Views - 5417

Commissioner General of Examinations Anura Edirisinghe said today that 58.79 percent of school candidates who sat the G.C. E. Ordinary Level Examination had qualified for Advanced Level studies this year, an increase against 48.51 percent qualified the previous year. 

The percentage of students who passed Mathematics has increased from 50.17 percent in 2009 to 61.61 2010, Science from 44.31 to 59.80 percent and English from 37.35 to 41.41. 

Also, 3059 school candidates have obtained ‘A’ passes for all the subjects this time as against 1,020 students with such performance last time. (Kelum Bandara)