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The Scholarship Examination (also known as the Grade 5 exam) is a highly competitive Sri Lankan examination first introduced in 1947, [1] conducted by the Department of Examinations of the Ministry of Education. It is optional for students to undertake it during the final year of primary school (Grade 5; usually aged 9–10). Based on the ...
It receives its highest number of applications for admission to grade 6 via the grade 5 scholarship examination. A number of students from all over the area also entered to grade 12 via the G.C.E. Ordinary Level examination.
The students for the school are selected mainly through grade 5 scholarship programme. Grades are from 6 to 13. The school provides all A/L disciplines from Science stream to Technology Stream. [7] In 2015, Nirasha Nadeeshani Kularatne won the All Island second place in the Arts stream according to the results of the GCE (A/L) examination.
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
This has also caused great anxiety to applicants because they only release a range of weeks or months, resulting in applicants checking every day of that month or week. The UPCAT was suspended from 2020 to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic but reinstated in 2023, the first time the number of examinees breached the 100,000 mark. [5] [8] [9]
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15 October – The Grade 05 Scholarship Examination commences at 2,888 exam centers with a total of 337,956 candidates. [ 113 ] 16 October – The Neurosurgery Unit of Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital successfully carries out an awake brain surgery for the resection of a brain tumor, where the patient managed to draw a picture during the operation.
Neither the United States nor China would win a trade war, the Chinese Embassy in Washington said on Monday, after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump threatened to slap an additional 10% tariff on ...