21 September 2016 01:52 pm
He told those gathered at a function held at the Education Ministry that students who sit the GCE O/L examination next year will be the first batch of students to benefit from this move.
The minister said the earlier requirement that students should obtain pass marks in Mathematics or obtain pass marks in the minimum number of subjects at the O/L examination would not to be mandatory when it came to sit the GCE A/L examination.
“This decision will enable students admitted to grade 1 to continue through grade 13 without any hindrence,” he said.