English teacher’s, mother’s mobile phones taken into police custody

Colombo, May 11 (Daily Mirror) - The mobile phones of the Hasalaka English tuition master and his mother were taken into police custody for circulating the English question paper for the ongoing GCE Ordinary Level (O/L) examinations, police said.

They also said that statements were recorded from the English tuition master and his mother regarding the incident.

Examinations Commissioner General H.J.M.C. Amith Jayasundara said that a complaint was filed with the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) regarding multiple irregularities discovered during the ongoing O/L examinations.

He said that incidents have been reported at two examination centres in Colombo, Kotahena and Hasalaka.

Reports indicated that some candidates had tried to access answers for the English question paper using smartphones and shared them with others. The invigilators at these centres confiscated the mobile phones.

However, the Commissioner General mentioned that he had lodged complaints with police stations in the respective areas where the affected examination centres are located.