Grade-5 exam to get new look

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Education Minister Bandula Gunawardena today said the present format of the Grade-5 Scholarship Examination would be changed in 2016.

He said unlike today, from 2016 this examination would no longer be a competitive examination.

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ANTON Thursday, 19 December 2013 09:29 AM

NOT 2016, START FROM TODAY, WE WANT MENTALLY FIT KIDS RATHER THAN MENTALLY FIT PARENTS.

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ANTON Thursday, 19 December 2013 09:38 AM

HEY, PARENTS OF THE KIDS ,DON'T LET SCHOLARSHIPS AND POPULAR SCHOOLS INTERFERE WITH YOUR CHILD'S EDUCATION

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the joy Thursday, 19 December 2013 10:07 AM

bandula, you have played with OL student's lives, AL students lives.. and now you are trying to play with our kids lives too? please.. dont play with their future..

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Ganesh Friday, 20 December 2013 04:12 AM

This examination should be stopped completely which is an unnecessary burden on the samall children depriving of their healthy play time w

This examination should be completely done away with immediate effect which is depriving the child of his or her prime time to play . Instead English language should be made compulsory like Tamil and Sinhala at GCE OL and AL in all national schools because can not let the standard fall and the frog in the well education lead our children to further narrow, racial and fanatic religious minded while becoming a barrier for extensive higher qualifications

ith most of them have lack of nutritional food though available for Rs 7500 according to the former economics teacher

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Anticleon Friday, 20 December 2013 06:33 AM

So that's the end of a poor child's entry into a good school. Those who shout against this exam are people without children or whose children have already passed that age. Don't bs with your philosophy that all schools are same. Popular schools have a distinct advantage in every aspect of life. That's the bitter truth. At least few children from poor families should get that opportunity

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Gamini Friday, 20 December 2013 10:54 AM

Bandula,you have done very silly work. until now,these poor kids get chance to admit to popular school and after stopping these grade 5 exam,only kids who have rich parents will get this popular school .
you and your government has cut these poor people's neck

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samantha Friday, 20 December 2013 11:02 AM

This examination should be abolish. this is real nuisance to primary children . culprit teachers get real advantage by deceiving poor parents

samantha from katuneriya

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samantha Friday, 20 December 2013 11:06 AM

This examination should be abolish. this is real nuisance to primary children . culprit teachers get real advantage by deceiving poor parents

samantha from katuneriya

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samantha Friday, 20 December 2013 11:13 AM

please stop this useless examination from year 2014

samantha katuneriya

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Calistus Jayatilleke Friday, 20 December 2013 11:25 AM

The game plan of the ex-tuition teacher called "Dana Rina" is very clear. Let those children who study in village schools continue there without troubling the elite schools which are reserved for the kids of the politicians and their hangers-on so that they can go on to take over from the current rulers. So, much for free education!

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