INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education and Prime Minister Dr
Harini Amarasuriya says that the results of the 2024 Grade 05 Scholarship Examination will be released as soon as possible.Dr
adding that the answer sheets evaluation activities of the examination is currently underway.However, she assured that the releasing of
results and the process of admission of students to Grade 06 will be expedited.An investigation was launched on September 20, 2024 by the
Department of Examinations after allegations surfaced regarding the leakage of three questions from the 2024 Grade 5 Scholarship
Department (CID) took over the investigation, uncovering that the Director of the Planning Division of the National Institute of Education
(NIE) and a school teacher were involved in the incident
Both were arrested and remanded until October 22.In response to the public outcry, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake intervened, leading to
the suspension of the evaluation of answer sheets until the investigation was concluded
On October 14, Commissioner General of Examinations Amith Jayasundara announced that the examination would not be re-conducted, and free
of the 2024 Grade 5 Scholarship Examination results until further proceedings.On December 31, 2024, the Supreme Court declared that the
questions of the 2024 Grade 05 Scholarship Examination which are alleged to have been leaked.Accordingly, the court also ordered the
Commissioner General of Examinations to immediately implement a suitable recommendation out of the three recommendations made by the
was decided to award free marks to all students for the three questions which were alleged to have been leaked in the 2024 Grade 05
Scholarship Examination, as per the Supreme Court verdict pertaining to the case.
