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The Department of Examinations is a non-ministerial government department of Sri Lanka and the national examination service. It comes within the purview of the Ministry of Education . The department is responsible for carrying out public examinations such as the General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level (SL) and Advanced Level and other ...
The exams are held in three mediums Sinhala, Tamil and English. The exam is the basic Certificate awarded in Sri Lanka as proof of completion of Secondary Education. The GCE O/L examination is an important milestone for students as it determines their eligibility to pursue further studies at the Advanced Level (A/L) or vocational training courses.
The institution has 4 levels of examination and an integrative case study: Foundation, Operational, Managerial, and Strategic. The examination syllabus change in every 5 years to meet the industry standards. The first two levels available in English, Sinhala, and Tamil languages (medium), and the final two levels only available in English medium.
Under the recent syllabus, candidates can choose between Chemistry and ICT, although Combined Mathematics and Physics are mandatory. Combined Mathematics is a combination of Pure Mathematics and Applied Mathematics. Previously, candidates had to study these two subjects separately, but with the introduction of the Combined Mathematics syllabus ...
Programmes as well as courses carry a credit rating. The 'Credit Rating' is the expression used in the OUSL to denote the "Academic value" of a course/programme. Please note that the word credit does not imply any measure of academic performance at an examination such as Credit Pass at G.C.E O/L or A/L Examination. The Credit rating gives a ...
It was established on 10 February 1967 with R. I. T. Alles as the founding principal, [1] [2] and was named after the first Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, D. S. Senanayake. It provides education from Grades 1 to 13 in Sinhalese, Tamil and English languages. It is the second-largest multi-ethnic school in the country.
The training and development of the Sri Lankan civil service before 1966 came under the purview of the Organization and Methods Division of the Treasury. [1] The 1961 Wilmot A. Perera commission (also known as the 1st Salaries and Cadres Commission) and 1965 Committee for Administrative Reforms both made recommendations that led to the establishment of a dedicated government institute for the ...
In 1920, as a part of a government program created by a British agent of Piliyandala, a Public English Medium Mix School opened adjacently to the Sinhalese Medium Mix School (formerly known as the Mampe Piyarathanasara Buddhist Mix School). The headmaster for the new school was S.W. Sahabandu.