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

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 40 pirivena institutes did not have a single student qualifying for the GCE A/L
  • 63% failed out of 258,975 who sat the English language paper
  • 57% failed out of 259,263 who sat the Mathematics paper; 90% failed the (compulsory) geometry question
  • 52% failed out of 258,948 who sat the Science paper

Some reasons pointed out by various parties.

  • Lack of skilled teachers, especially to teach Geometry part of the Mathematics.
  • Introduction of new syllabuses, structure and text books and the teachers were not competent for teaching these new areas.
  • Lack of facilities such as laboratories, libraries in rural schools

Minister of Education Mr. Susil Premjayantha told the Government Official Website, that 49% of the students who sat for the O/L examination in the year 2006 were qualified for A/Ls and it is a 2% growth compared to the results of the year 2005. Minister added that the Ministry is expecting to increase it to 5% in the next year.

What is your opinion on the poor educational performance at O Level, send your comments.

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Hiran

University Senior Lecturer at University of Sri Jayewardenepra, Sri Lanka

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