Grace marks for questions outside of GCE (O/L) science syllabus

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Colombo, May 13 (Daily Mirror) - In response to concerns over irregularities during the 2023 (2024) G.C.E. Ordinary Level (O/L) examinations, grace marks are set to be awarded for answers of several questions found to be outside the Science syllabus.

Commissioner General of Examinations, Amith Jayasundara said that only the problematic questions in the Science paper will receive these grace marks.

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Shera Tuesday, 14 May 2024 01:49 AM

Someone needs to be fired for messing up the questions. Isn't there a panel who decides on what questions to put on a national test paper? There needs to be accountability when officials don't do their job!!

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P Kunchithapathan Tuesday, 14 May 2024 02:32 AM

The leaking of O/L exam papers has been a longstanding issue in Sri Lanka. In 1968, during the GCE O/L examination, the papers were leaked, leading the ministry to postpone the exam until 1969. This marked the beginning of the deterioration of the country's educational system. High-ranking officials within the department are deeply corrupt.

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Mahila Tuesday, 14 May 2024 05:11 AM

Unequal Opportunities!!?? Treachery!! Cancel Paper? Who was the Ludicrous Examiner, who set the Paper? He must be thanked for the action and Promoted as Commissioner of Exams, ensuring there is Confusion worst confounded in the Minds of Participants and majority FAIL, OR would be bestowed "GRACE marks", enabling the UNABLE to be ENABLED as successfully continuing to become DOCTORS, ENGINEERS to ENSURE make Sri Lanka, "MAD-HOUSE" of Innovative Exploration, not worthy of the space it may occupy and BLAME Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Everything else, in the universe BUT THEMSELVES – of any and all, Culpability, Commission or Omission!!?? SANCTIMONIOUS COWS!!??

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Ama Tuesday, 14 May 2024 05:29 AM

The academic who set the papers should know the SYLLABUS first.

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Ranjith Amarakoon Tuesday, 14 May 2024 06:04 AM

Those who prepared the question paper are they not aware of the syllabus. If that is so the commissioner general will have to resign for appointing such people to prepare the papers. As usual no one take the responsibility, that is why sri lanka is at present status.

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Rathnayaka Tuesday, 14 May 2024 07:12 AM

What about the students who didn't pick up that questions due to no cover of such area during the studies??? What about them???

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Nimal Tuesday, 14 May 2024 07:29 AM

What a novel and creative way to conduct an examination. Not exercising adequate care in setting the question papers and then awarding grace marks. Students will have no trouble passing examinations if we have examiners of this caliber. Now that a blunder has been done, a better way would have been to ignore these questions and adjusted the marks on a proportionate basis. Whatever it is this is certainly an indelible scar on the Department of Examinations.

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