GIT exam results for 2011,2012 released

The General Information Technology (GIT) examination results for two academic years were released yesterday, the Examinations Department announced.

Examinations Commissioner W.M.J. Pushpakumara said the results were in relation to the GIT examinations held in 2011 and 2012.

The GIT was included in the A/L syllabus for the first time in 2002. It was based on an Education Ministry decision to integrate

The Examinations Department has been criticised by education sector officials because of the repeated delays in releasing the GIT examination results

Information Technology-related subjects in the Grade-12 syllabus.

Four years after the introduction of GIT for Grade-12 students, the National Institute of Education conducted a research on the progress of the subjects involved. This resulted in a new syllabus being introduced from 2009 with several changes on how the subjects should be taught and how they should be assessed.

The Examinations Department has been regularly criticised by education sector officials because of the repeated delays in releasing the GIT examination results. The critics pointed out that it was of little or no purpose for candidates to sit the examination if their results were not being released on time.