Students sitting for the GCE Ordinary Level (O/L) Examination will start the GCE Advanced Level (A/L) classes immediately after their exams, Education Minister Susil Premajyantha said.
The minister said this while speaking as the chief guest at the launch of the official internet radio channel of the National Institute of Education (NIE Visual Radio) at the Maharagama National Institute of Education.
He said the decision was taken according to the programme initiated to bring school studies and exam schedule upto date, after falling behind during the Covid-19 pandemic.The aim of action is to prevent undue delays, such as possible delays for schoolchildren to enter the university, and to restore the studies that were missed during the pandemic.
