• A new schedule for the two examinations would be announced following a  discussion between the Education Ministry and the Examinations  Department

By Ajith Siriwardana and Yohan Perera  

The GCE Advanced Level and Grade Five Scholarship Examination will be rescheduled and new dates will be announced shortly, State Minister of Education Reforms, Open Universities and Distance Learning Promotion Susil Premajayantha said today.  

He told Parliament that a new schedule for the two examinations would be announced following a discussion between the Education Ministry and the Examinations Department.  

Responding to a question raised by Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa, the Minister said the two examinations will most probably be postponed till early next year.  

The Minister said the examinations were earlier scheduled to be held in November this year and added that they had to be postponed due to the lengthy quarantine curfew and the teachers and principals withdrawing from on-line teaching.