Education

80% attendance not compulsory for A/L this year The requirement of 80% school attendance will not be considered for students sitting for the G.C.E. Advanced Level examination this December, the Education Ministry says. Principals have been given the neccessary guidelines,…

Part-time job opportunities for students The Ministry of Labor is preparing to amend the law so that young people between the ages of sixteen and twenty can work part-time in private companies. In a discussion chaired by Labor Minister Manusha…

AL exam in December – Minister Education Minister Susil Premajayantha has said that the results of the previous year’s A/L examination would be released within the month of August and that it was delayed by a week than scheduled due…

Chinese students to follow MFE at Colombo Uni. The Sri Lanka Embassy hosted the commencement ceremony, for a batch of Chinese students enrolled for the Master of Financial Economics Programme (MFE) – 2022 at the University of Colombo on 29…

GCE AL results, within the next 2 weeks Education Minister – Susil Premajayantha has said that results of the GCE A/L examination will be released between August 15-30. He said that obtaining the results sheets is in the final stage.

Another 3-day school week The Ministry of Education has decided to continue the 3-day school week for next week (Aug. 01 – Aug. 05) as well. Accordingly, government and state approved private schools will be opened only on Monday, Tuesday…

No August holidays – Education Minister Minister of Education Susil Premajayantha says academic activities that could not be completed will be covered by conducting classes till the end of November from Monday, without a August holiday. The Minister said after…

Schools reopening postponed to Monday The Ministry of Education has announced that schools will once again reopen on Monday (July 25). Schools were previously scheduled to reopen this Thursday (July 22). However, the Ministry said taking into consideration the prevalent…

Decision to be taken on schools today A special Zoom discussion on the way forward for schools in the coming two weeks will take place today (18) with Minister of Education Susil Premjayantha in attendance. The Secretary to the Ministry…

  Jun 16, 2022 Online process  for Grade 6 admissions The Ministry of Education announced that based on the results of the Grade 5 Scholarship Examination for the year 2021 applications can be submitted to schools online for admission to…