The Secretary of Education, Prof. Kapila Perera says that all arrangements have been made to conduct the examination in a manner that minimizes the risk to the child, taking full care of the safety of children in the light of the current situation in the country. Only one more day for the Year 5 Scholarship. The scholarship examination to be held tomorrow (11) will be held at 2936 centers island wide and 331,694 students will sit for the examination.
Meanwhile, the GCE Advanced Level examination will be held from tomorrow (12) until November 06. There are 362,824 students in 2648 centers.
There are 160 students in one examination center.
Twelve special examination centers have been set up in the Gampaha district. Accordingly, students will sit for the Scholarship Examination and the GCE Advanced Level Examination at the special examination center reserved for their police area without having to travel from the Gampaha District to any other examination center in another district.
The Secretary to the Ministry of Education says that all examination centers have already been disinfected and parents, students and all staff have been informed to come to the examination hall premises wearing masks in accordance with the hygienic procedures. We urge all members of the public to consider this as a social responsibility to ensure that they are given the best possible opportunity to face the exam in good spirits without risk.
At a special media briefing held at the Ministry of Education yesterday (09) to explain how the examination centers are functioning, transport facilities are being provided to the students and arrangements are being made to conduct the examination in accordance with the hygienic methods, regarding the conduct of the GCE Advanced Level and Grade Five Scholarship Examinations.
The media was also briefed on the public transport facilities required by the students and the transport arrangements.
According to them, everything is going well. But it is not possible to say or confirm that these students are not at risk of contracting the disease from a hidden carrier of the virus in society.
Government doctors acknowledge that the concentration of the virus is higher this time than in the previous corona virus. It is also not insignificant that the number of corona virus infections has exceeded 1,200 in a week this time faster than in the past.
The next 72 or 48 hours are crucial, especially as the health sector says. Against such a backdrop, many parents hoped that the exam would be postponed again. But the government has said it will not postpone the exams and will hold them on time.
Still finding patients from the outside world. How can children who sit for exams in such a background be safe