2014 Grade 5 / Year Five Scholarship Examination Cut Off Marks for Popular Schools Released
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Reduced Cut Off marks of 2014 Grade 5 scholarship examination released
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According to the 2015 Budget proposals, Education Ministry to be reduced
the cut-off marks for students who sat the August 2014 Grade / Year Five
Scholarship Examination (Paha Wasara Shishathawa Wibagaya). 163 Pass marks to
be reduced 157 marks and for rural districts Pass Marks will be marks 152.
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| New Cut Off Marks 2014 |
2014 Grade 5 scholarship examination cut-off marks for popular schools
will be released in December.
The Education Ministry says the Grade 5 scholarship examinations'
cut-off marks for selection of students for popular Schools will be released on
the 15th of December.
The relevant forms to apply for popular schools have already been sent
to the zonal directors of education. Then the application forms will be given
to the relevant principals to be distributed among the parents or guardians of
the students. The application forms should be duly filled and handed over to
the principals to be directed to the ministry. Accordingly, the students will
receive new schools in January.
Examination based on Budget proposal will be released Today. The results can be surfed on the
Internet. President Mahinda Rajapaksa
has proposed in the 2015 Budget to increase the number of Grade 5 Scholarships
from 15,000 to 25,000.
Accordingly, the Ministry of Education has reduced the cut off marks
from 163 to 157. The cut off marks based
on school levels will also be released shortly.
At the same time the budget has proposed to increase the Scholarship
Assistance from 500 rupees to 1500 rupees. The students who have obtained 70 marks for
both papers will be issued a certificate confirming that they have passed the
Examination. He said that the cut off
marks has announced for the purpose of providing relevant scholarships.
The Minister announced that from the 18th of this month the Mahindodaya
Scholarship fund will be established to provide scholarships to secondary
education students.
He said under this fund scholarships will be provided to the students
who are studying GCE Ordinary level and GCE Advanced level. The Minister said that President Mahinda
Rajapaksa has donated his salary for the fund and the people can also
contribute for this fund. He also stated
that Information Technology will be taught in the schools as a subject from
next year onwards. This subject will be
taught from Grade 6 onwards. Speaking further
the Minister said that all Mahindodaya schools will be upgraded as English
speaking schools from next year. He
said that another programme of providing 20 marks for English listening and
Speech will be introduced from the year
2017. Under this programme the Friday
school meeting will be held in the English Language. In addition to this, he said that steps have
been taken to establish Mahinda Rajapaksa Colleges in the 9 Provinces and
thereby increase the Information Technology Literacy to 75 percent by the year
2016.
Source -SLBC
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