Enrolment of students to universities delayed

Higher Education Ministry Secretary Dr. Sunil Jayantha Navaratne said yesterday that it will be end of June before issuing the results of the rescutiny of GCE A/L examination held in August 2011 which would further delay the enrolment of students to universities.

Some 140,000 students applied for rescrutiny of their GCE A/L examination results in 2011 which was double the normal number of rescrutiny applications.

“We will have to wait until the Supreme

We will have to wait until the Supreme Court ruling is delivered on the petition filed in this regard by some parents. We believe that it will be delivered before the end of June

Court ruling is delivered on the petition filed in this regard by some parents. We believe that it will be delivered before the end of June,” Dr. Navaratne said.

He added that if the district and national rankings of the students were released before releasing the results of the rescutiny, it will affect the overall results and therefore the ministry has also suspended the issuance of rankings.

The controversy that shocked the national education originated after the examination department issued incorrect Z score and district national rankings on students who passed the GCE A/L examination in August 2011.