A statement issued by the Commissioner General of Examinations regarding the 5th grade scholarship exam following the Supreme Court’s verdict is given below.
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Grade 5 Scholarship Exam 2024
The Supreme Court heard cases SC/FR 286/2024, SC/FR 287/2024, SC/FR 291/2024 and SC/FR 294/2024 regarding complaints that 03 questions included in Paper I of the Grade 5 Scholarship Exam – 2024 held on 15th September 2024 had leaked before the exam and the Supreme Court’s verdict was pronounced on 31.12.2024.
In accordance with Section 156(1) of the First Judgment and in accordance with the powers conferred on the Commissioner General of Examinations by the Public Examinations Act, No. 25 of 1968, the following recommendations made by the Departmental Expert Committee were considered:
- To remove controversial questions and conduct evaluations while awarding marks to the answer sheets
- To award free marks to all examination candidates for the three relevant questions
- To re-conduct the examination for Paper 1
Accordingly, the Commissioner General of Examinations is directed to follow the appropriate remedial action from the above recommendations.
Having studied in more depth the possible positive and negative impacts of implementing each of these recommendations, it has been decided to award free marks to all examination candidates for the three relevant questions as mentioned in No. 2 above as the most reasonable and appropriate solution to this problem.
Accordingly, I kindly inform you that steps will be taken to complete the evaluation process and release the results expeditiously.
H.J. M. C. Amit Jayasundara
Commissioner General of Examinations