A new scientific schools-based methodology is to be implemented instead of the existing Z-score method to select students to state universities
A Cabinet proposal to this effect which received approval was put forward by the Minister of Education, Dullas Alahapperuma.
The proposal claimed that various anomalies in the facilities and quality of education within the provinces, districts as well as schools had been identified.
Cabinet approved the setting up of a specialist committee of veterans in the education sector to make recommendations for the introduction of a new scientific schools-based methodology.
This new methodology would replace the existing district-based Z-score method currently being used to select students to state universities.
Tamar Amitai, a 25-year-old Israeli tourist who went missing in Uppuveli, Trincomalee, was found safe after a three-day joint search operation today.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe is firm about the President’s five-year tenure, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said.
Individuals who have obtained a Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) yet do not meet the cutoff, can choose to remain tax exempt after notifying the IRD in writing, provided that their monthly income does not surpass the threshold, according to the State Minister of Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya.
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