Education Minister confident of better GCE (O/L) results in 2013
by Ananda KANNANGARA
Education Minister Bandula Gunawardana has focussed attention on the
excellent performance of approximately 3,908 students who obtained nine
'As' for all subjects at the 2011 GCE (O/L) examination and said that
this number could be increased with the implementation of new education
policies, from next year. It is reported that in addition to the
excellent results shown by students of Visakha Vidyalaya, Royal College,
Colombo and several other major schools, 114 students at Gampaha
Ratnawali Balika Vidyalaya had obtained nine 'As' at the examination,
while 65 students obtained eight 'As' and 28 students got seven 'As'.
Ratnawali Balika, principal Mrs. H.A.H. Jayawardane told the Sunday
Observer that 285 students had sat the examination and the sacrifice by
teachers and students helped achieved such excellent results for the
first time.
According to a spokesman for the Examinations Department around
443,298 schoolchildren had sat the GCE (O/L) examination in December
2011 and of them 12,795 had failed in all nine subjects.
Minister Gunawardana said a record 44.57 percentage students had
passed in the English Language paper in 2011 compared to 42.36 percent
students in 2010, while a record percentage of 62.40 students had passed
in Science compared to 61.72 percent in 2010.
A record 55.3 percent passed in Mathematics and this number could
also be increased by appointing more teachers before the end of the
year.
Meanwhile, a blind female student of Horana Thakshila College secured
nine 'A' passes under the Braille system for all subjects for the first
time in the Sri Lanka's education history.
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