Sunday 23 December 2012

Sri Lanka's G.C.E. (Ordinary Level) students to get full marks for leaked questions

Sun, Dec 23, 2012, 11:50 am SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
Dec 23, Colombo: Sri Lanka Minister of Education Bandula Gunawardena has said that the candidates of the G.C.E. (Ordinary Level) examination will have full marks for the 19 questions that were leaked.

The Minister said that the examination would not be held again for the leaked science paper. He said this was the procedure followed at similar instances previously.

However, a science teacher who is an activist of the Ceylon Teachers' Union said that the results would be deformed and finally it would affect the future of the students.

Criminal Investigation Department yesterday remanded a tuition teacher who was arrested for leaking 19 questions with multiple choice answers of the science paper 1.