• Schools will be reopened in four stages 

By Ajith Siriwardana and Yohan Perera

The Government was planning to reopen all grades of Government schools by early November, State Minister of Education Reforms, Open Universities and Distance Learning Promotion Susil Premajayantha said yesterday.

He told Parliament that schools will be reopened in four stages and that some schools in the first stage will be reopened on October 21.

Responding to a question raised by SJB MP Hesha Withanage, the Minister said the structure of the Advanced Level papers would not be changed, but students would be given reasonable time to cover the syllabus and to prepare for the examination.

He said the education ministry was collecting details at provincial level to ascertain to what extent the syllabus has been covered by now.

• Structure of the Advanced Level papers would not be changed, but students would be given reasonable time to cover the syllabus and to prepare for the examination