73.45% qualify for A/Ls, 2.34% fail all at O/L exam

Colombo, July 11 (Daily Mirror) - Following the release of the 2024 (2025) G.C.E. Ordinary Level (O/L) Examination results, 2.34% of candidates failed all subjects, while 73.45% of students who sat for the exam qualified for the G.C.E. Advanced Level, Commissioner General of Examinations A.K.S. Indika Kumari Liyanage announced today.

Addressing the media, she revealed that 2.34% of candidates failed all subjects, while a total of 13,392 students achieved outstanding results by securing 'A' passes in all nine subjects representing 4.15% of the total candidates.

Breaking down the results by province, the Southern Province recorded the highest overall pass rate at 75.64%, followed by the Western Province with 74.47%, and the Central Province with 73.91%. The lowest provincial pass rate was recorded in the Northern Province at 69.86%.

Provincial Pass Rates:

• Southern – 75.64%
• Western – 74.47%
• Central – 73.91%
• Eastern – 74.26%
• Sabaragamuwa – 73.44%
• Uva – 73.14%
• Northwestern – 71.47%
• North Central – 70.24%
• Northern – 69.86%

In subject-wise performance, 69.07% of students passed Mathematics, 71.06% passed Science, and 73.82% passed English.

Pass Rates by Subject:

• Buddhism – 83.21%
• Shiva – 82.96%
• Catholic – 90.22%
• Christian – 91.49%
• Islam – 85.45%
• English – 73.82%
• Sinhala Language & Literature – 87.73%
• Tamil Language & Literature – 87.03%
• History – 82.17%
• Science – 71.06%
• Mathematics – 69.07%

The Commissioner General said these results reflect the overall performance trends of students islandwide, adding that further detailed analysis will be made available in the coming days.