Hotline to deal with examinations problems

22 January 2012 06:09 pm

Consequent upon the recommendations of the committee that looked into the problems regarding the GCE Advanced Level results, the Education Ministry will introduce a new hotline from today for the public to make inquiries and complaints about matters pertaining to different national examinations, Minister Bandula Gunawardane said today.
 
The Education Minister said that the new hotline with only a few digits had been prepared by Sri Lanka Telecom in consultation with the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC).
 
“We will hold talks with the private sector service providers as well in this regard. Then people will get a chance to access the Department of Examinations on this hotline through any service provider,” he said.
 
He added that the committee had recommended improving the human resources of the Department and modernising the computer unit.
 
“We will appoint a few committees to deal with each of the issues identified by the expert committee,” he said. (Kelum Bandara)