No enrolment of students in intermediate classes until further notice

• Parents do not have to waste their time coming to the ministry for their student enrollments

By Chaturanga Pradeep Samarawickrama  

The Education Ministry has decided not to issue letters pertaining to enroling students in intermediate classes, the Minister of Education said.  

 Addressing the media, Minister Susil Premajayantha said the cabinet paper in this regard was approved yesterday.  

Accordingly, an announcement will be made after the Sinhala and Tamil New Year due to ongoing grade one admissions and grade six enrolments after the grade five scholarship examination, he said.  
Soon after the above enrolments are completed, an announcement will be made to enrol students in intermediate classes, he said.  

“A sample application will be published after April 15 through a public notice. The filled-out applications should be sent to the school where the parents expect to enrol their children. According to a circular issued to the schools, they are advised to make the selections according to the student vacancies under a certain marking scheme,” Minister Premajayantha said.  

The list of the selected students should be sent to the Education Ministry to obtain approval, he said.  
With the new programme, the parents do not have to waste their time coming to the ministry for their student enrollments.