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The Sri Lankan Ordinary Level (O-level) formerly called Senior School Certificate (SSC), is a General Certificate of Education (GCE) qualification in Sri Lanka, conducted by the Department of Examinations of the Ministry of Education. It is based on the Cambridge University Ordinary Level qualification.
In recent years, the exam has become extremely competitive and even traumatic for many high school students in Sri Lanka. For the academic year 2013, out of 55,241 candidates who applied for university admission, only 43.8% gained access to state universities through the University Grants Commission (UGC), despite meeting the minimum admission ...
Education in Sri Lanka has a long history that dates back two millennia. While the Constitution of Sri Lanka does not provide free education as a fundamental right, the constitution mentions that 'the complete eradication of illiteracy and the assurance to all persons of the right to universal and equal access to education at all levels" in its section on directive principles of state policy ...
Secondary education in Sri Lanka is provided by a diverse selection of educational options: National schools, with funding and criteria by the national Ministry of Education. 1AB - offering GCE A-levels in all major fields of study; 1C - offering all except Sciences GCE A-levels; 2 - offering only GCE O-levels; 3 - [clarify]
Also: Sri Lanka: People: By occupation: Scientists: Mathematicians Pages in category "Sri Lankan mathematicians" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
K. S. Arulnandhy – lecturer in education [8] Chandra de Silva [9] K. M. de Silva – chair of Sri Lanka history [10] Doric de Souza – senior lecturer in English [11] Brendon Gooneratne – Head of the Department of Parasitology [12] H. A. I. Goonetileke – assistant librarian [13] Betty Heimann – first Head of the Department of Sanskrit [14]
Arjuna Mahendran – former Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka and former Chairman of Board of Investment of Sri Lanka (note: also listed in Corporate Executives) [75] Indrajit Coomaraswamy – former Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka and former Director Economic Affairs, Commonwealth Secretariat [76]
[1] [3] [4] He then spent a year studying at St. Joseph's College, Colombo before joining Ceylon University College in 1935, graduating with a first class honours B.Sc. special degree in mathematics. [1] [4] [5] Eliezer married Ranee, daughter of Rev. John Handy. [1] They had five children (Dhamayanthi, Ratna, Anandhi, Renuka and Tamara). [1]