There will be no changes to the schedule of the ongoing GCE Advanced Level Examination owing to the present situation in the country with regard to COVID-19, Education Ministry Secretary Prof Kapila Perera stated.
Issuing a statement, the Secretary stated that the A/Level examination, which commenced on October 12, has been conducted successfuly thus far and will continue until November 6, as previously scheduled.
He however, noted that the ministry has taken into account, representations made by teachers working at examination centres where quarantine curfews are in effect with regard to difficulties they face in finding transport to travel to and from the centres. Discussions will be held with the Treasury to look into providing relief to such teachers, he added.
My memory takes me back to 1979, to a moment etched in time when a strikingly tall and impeccably dressed military officer, a Master in charge of Cadeting at Prince of Wales College commanding a guard of honour presented to President J.R. Jayawardene by the cadets of 3CCC, consisted of Ananda, Nalanda and Prince of Wales Cadet platoons at the Prince of Wales College grounds.
An American national, who had been staying in Sri Lanka for nearly ten months without a valid visa while using a Sinhala name under his American passport, was arrested by the Tourist Police of the Kandy.
Ten members have been appointed to the new Board of Directors of the Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) by the Secretary to the Treasury, following the recommendation of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in his capacity as Minister of Digital Economy.
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