Archive for June, 2007

Getting Started with School Science Projects

Monday, June 25th, 2007

There are various types of projects you can do. But best way is to perform experiments where you ask a question, construct a hypothesis, test your hypothesis using an experiment and draw conclusions from your experiment.
Parts of a Science Project
1. The Research Question
First you should define your research question (what do you hope to figure [...]

Why 2006 Sri Lankan G.C.E. O/L results are poor?

Thursday, June 14th, 2007

More than 51% of the students failed the G.C.E O/L 2006 December examination. According to Commissioner of Examinations, Mr Anura Edirisinghe, 523000 candidates sat the examination, out of that only 48.7% candidates were qualified to follow Advanced Level.
Some other statistics on GCE O/L 2006 examination results

21813 candidates failed all subjects.
57% failed Mathematics
47 schools and [...]