Grade 5 Scholarship Exam not compulsory anymore: Education Minister

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The Grade 5 Scholarship Examination would not be compulsory anymore and the relevant circular had been issued, Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam said.

However, he said the exam would be held annually as an examination to grant scholarships for those students belonging to low-income families and as an exam.

According to the circular 08/2019, no student could be forced to sit for the exam.

President Maithripala Sirisena recently said that the Government had decided to cancel the Grade 5 Scholarship Examination saying that the exam was an undue pressure on Grade five children.

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ANTON Monday, 08 April 2019 02:29 PM

NO MORE UNWANTED STRESSES TO LITTLE MINDS.

ANTON Monday, 08 April 2019 02:32 PM

AND NEAREST SCHOOL IS THE BEST SCHOOL PRINCIPAL SHOULD APPLY TO ALL.

db007 Tuesday, 09 April 2019 11:31 AM

Very good. Now the children can be like children.

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