More students pass OL

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CHATURANGA PRADEEP SAMARAWICKRAMA Follow

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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)

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varuna Wednesday, 16 March 2011 01:57 PM

now the education minister will say that because of government more students have passed the exam.

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lankaputha Wednesday, 16 March 2011 01:58 PM

Does that means we got good education this time, Students are brighter than previous year or the exams has lowered it's standards?

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Hiruni Wednesday, 16 March 2011 02:19 PM

Is the students became suddenly brighter, or did the examination dept lower the pass mark?

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MK Wednesday, 16 March 2011 03:09 PM

Obviously!! why shouldn't teh government take credit as well. they have introduced so many measures to improve the system. yet there is more to be done. nevertherless changes are happening.

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Amal Perera Wednesday, 16 March 2011 03:37 PM

Yes, Yes, 14,961 students have failed all the subjects.

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kenny fdo Thursday, 17 March 2011 01:44 AM

Well this what happens when you lower the standards. think we will have more politicians in the future.

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Roshan Thursday, 17 March 2011 06:31 AM

The timing of the O/L results was excellent, how comes just one day before the election? Definitely all the passed student's parents will vote for the Govt.

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amal Thursday, 17 March 2011 06:40 AM

seems like this government using O/L for political gain. Because they have lower the O/L standard to make more people pass artificially. useless.

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Shivanka David Thursday, 17 March 2011 07:00 AM

wow that's good to hear. it isn't like those days. everything has changed from the study guide which we used to have back from 2004,05 upto 2006. wonder what happened suddenly.

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