The 2025 Grade Five Scholarship Examination will begin today (10). The scholarship examination is scheduled to be held at 9.30 am today at 2,787 examination centers across the island.
The preparation and marking of examination centers for this purpose was carried out yesterday (09). 307,951 candidates are expected to appear for the scholarship examination this time.
The second question paper in the scholarship examination is scheduled to be given first and is scheduled to end at 10.45 am.
After that, there will be a half-hour break and after that the first question paper will begin at 11.15 am.
One hour will be given to answer the question paper and accordingly, the question paper is scheduled to end at 12.15 pm.
Meanwhile, while participating in the press conference to inform about the scholarship examination yesterday, Commissioner General of Examinations A.K.S. Indika Kumari said that if any disaster situation arises during the scholarship examination that begins today, the hotline number 117 can be called and a special program has been implemented for that.
She also requested the parents to bring their children to the examination hall by 08:30 in the morning for the scholarship examination to begin at 09:30 in the morning.