Two prisoners including ex-LTTE cadre got through GCE O/L exam

Two prisoners including a former LTTE cadre who were detained at the Magazine Prison have got through the 2020 GCE Ordinary Level (O/L) examination, the Prisons Department said.

Prisons Spokesman Chandana Ekanayake said that four prisoners of Watareka and Magazine Prisons sat for the GCE Ordinary Level (O/L) examination held at the Magazine Prison and Watareka Outdoor Prison and two of them got through with commendable results.

He said in collaboration with the Department of Examinations, an examination centre set up every year in the prison to direct talented inmates togo to the next level; the higher education activities.

Prisoners on previous occasions have completed their postgraduate studies as well, the spokesman said.(DSB)