Students will be required to sit only one term test for the year from 2024 in schools, Education Minister Susil Premajayantha said.
He said the objective was to reduce the burden on students while introducing a new system to monitor student performance.
He said that under the new system separate marks would be given for the monthly performance.
"The ultimate objective would be give 50 per cent of the marks from the performance and the remaining from the term test", Minister Premajayantha said while addressing an educational event.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
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Cabinet has approved the appointment of Commodore (retired) M.B.N.A. Premaratne of the Sri Lanka Navy, as the new Commissioner General of Excise.
Villagers in Nirmalapura, Daluwa, Norochcholai today staged a protest over an incident where a group of Navy officials and sailors had assaulted a resident in the area over night, Police said.
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