Grade 5 Scholarship Examination

What is Grade 5 Scholarship?

පහේ ශිෂ්‍යත්ව විභාගය, එයට සුදානම් වන ආකාරය සහ 2010 විභාගයේ ලකුණු පරාසයන් සහ එහිදී ලැබුණු ජනප්‍රිය පාසල් පිලිබදව මෙම ලිපියෙන් විස්තර කෙරේ.

Every parent like to enroll their child to a popular good school in Colombo or other major cities such as Kandy, Kurunegala, Galle, Matara, Gampaha. If you fail in the first round to enter your child to Grade 1, then your next goal wiould be to get a good school by preparing your child to obtain a high mark in Grade 5 Scholarship examination.

In the Grade V Scholarship examination, students get direct raw mark, unlike other examinations where you get grades such as A, B etc. Therefore Grade 5 Scholarship exam may be the hardest exam in the Sri Lankan school system, considering the age of the candidates.

Subjects

There are 2 main subjects for the Scholarship.

Sinhalese/ Tamil (Mother tongue )
Mathematics

There are few other subjects, which have less weightage

Science
English (Second Language)
Environmental Studies
Tamil

Structure of the exam paper

There are two sections in the test paper. They are called as First Paper and the Second Paper.

In the 1^st paper, most of the items are presented in the verbal form. Problem solving ability, Relationships, Organization of facts and Information, Perception, Interrelationship, and Conclusion are fairly represented in that paper. Ability to identify causes and effects and ability of observation are two other areas that have been adequately represented in the 1^stpaper. Mathematics plays a major role in the first paper.

2^nd paper is slghtly more complicated than the 1^st one. Nearly 50% of the items are for testing ability in comprehension. Writing ability has been tested throughout the years. Creative writing ability has been measured by asking students to write few sentences on a given topic or a given picture. Most important and measurable language skills are included among language test items. Approximately 20% of the test items were on Mathematics. Approximately 40% of the items comprise questions on Environmental related activities. More emphasis has been given to measure science-based knowledge. Majority of items connected to English and Environmental Related Activities are based on knowledge.

How to plan for the exam

Although this exam concentrates a lot about school syllabus, students are supposed to study the materials they learnt since Grade 1. There are some questions which will check your general knowledge. Therefore students are supposed to read newspapers, watch TV news, listen to the radio, etc.

Most important element of the exam is practice and time management. When you go through a past paper or a model paper, you will see the structure of the paper more clearly. Therefore, the best method to tackle the paper is to get familiar with the structure. There are frequently asked questions in the past papers, for example some mathematical theories get repeated over and over again.

Additional resources

Students are required to do past papers, read text books and notes. Answering model papers will make the exam even easier.

Model papers

Model papers are published by several private institutes.

To check exam results

http://www.doenets.lk
Update 25 Sept 2012:- 2012 Examination Results and cut off Marks Released today.

Cut- off marks and School Rankings 2010

In 2010 Scholarship examination, accodring to Ceylon Daily News (26 September 2010), 267,750 of the 315,000 students sat the Grade 5 scholarship examination and obtained 70 marks or more. Out of these 16,000 students gained admission to popular schools in the country. Students who obtained best marks will get into following popular school in Colombo or other major Cities in Sri Lanka.

Boys’ Schools

Rank	Name	Cut off mark	No. allocated students
01	Royal College Colombo	179	189
02	Dharmaraja Vidyalaya Kandy	175	58
03	Ananda CollegeColombo	174	229
04	Maliyadewa College Kurunagala	174	68
05	Nalanda College	171	139
06	Kingswood College	171	153
07	Richmond College	170	50
08	St. Anne’s College Kurunagala	170	48
09	D. S. Senanayake College Colombo	169	158
10	Isipathana College	166	69
11	Rahula College Matara	166	95
12	St. Sylvester’s College	165	77
13	Mahinda College	165	51
14	Thurstan College	164	107
15	Mahanama College	162	99
16	Bandaranayake College Gampaha	161	353
17	Vidyartha College	161	73
18	St. Aloysius College	161	47
19	Kegalle M.Vidyalaya	161	40
20	Asoka Vidyalaya	161	42

Girls’ Schools

Rank	Name	Cut off mark	No. of allocated students
01	Vishaka Vidyalaya	179	136
02	Devi Balika Vidyalaya	174	188
03	Mahamaya Vidyalaya	173	79
04	Maliyadewa Vidyalaya Kandy	172	89
05	Srimavo Vidyalaya Colombo	171	115
06	Southlanda Vidyalaya Galle	169	57
07	Anula Vidyalaya	168	86
08	Girls High School Kandy	168	94
09	Holy Family Kurunagala	168	46
10	Ratanawali Balika Gampaha	167	234
11	St. Paul’s Milagiriya	166	45
12	Sujatha Balika Matara	166	98
13	Viharamahadevi Balika Kiribathgoda	164	46
14	Sangamiththa Balika Galle	164	69
15	Ferguson Girls Ratnapura	163	87
16	St. Joseph’s Balika Kegalle	163	107
17	St. Joseph’s Balika Nugegoda	162	55
18	Yasodara Balika Gampaha	161	129
19	Pushpadana Balika Kandy	161	209
20	Holy Family Girls Wennappuwa	161	54

Updated (2011 December) 2011 Cut off Marks

Cut off marks for the Grade 5 scholarship examination held in 2011 were released today (Dec. 23). Highest cutoff marks for popular schools are as follows..

182 – Royal College, Colombo
180 – Dharmaraja College, Kandy
178 – Ananda College, Colombo
184 – Vishaka Vidyalaya, Colombo
180 – Devi Balika Vidyalaya, Colombo
180 – Mahamaya Girls’ College, Kandy

Tamil medium cut off marks:

185 – Royal College, Colombo
175 – D.S. Senanayake College, Colombo
158 – Jaffna Hindu College
171 – Muslim Ladies College

Mixed schools cut off marks:

169 – Highlands Madya Maha Vidyalaya, Hatton
165 – Zahira College, Mawanella
159 – Al-minhaj National School, Hapugastalawa