School Grades to be reduced from 13 to 12

The Education Ministry disclosing the proposed new educational reforms envisages the reduction of school grades from 13 to 12.

This was disclosed when presenting the progress of the year 2023 and plans for the year 2024 for the budget of the Ministry of Education by Education Minister Dr. Susil Premajayantha for Ministers and Members of Parliament recently.

Accordingly, the educational authorities stated that every child will be given the opportunity to complete school at the age of 17 through the proposed new education reforms. Accordingly, pre-school education will be given at the age of four, primary section within the age group one to five years, junior section between ages six and eight and senior section between ages nine and 12.

It has been proposed to give a certain percentage of marks from school-based evaluations and a certain percentage from exams for the Grade 5 Scholarship Exam. The Education Ministry has also proposed to simplify the Grade 5 Scholarship Exam and eliminate competition.

Furthermore, through the proposed new education reforms, the Education Ministry has proposed to conduct the GCE Ordinary Level Examination in Grade 10 and the Advanced Level Examination in Grade 12. It has also been decided to reduce the number of subjects for OL’s from nine to seven. Officials representing the Education Ministry stated that among those seven subjects, it has been proposed to make it mandatory to study three new subjects: Information and Communication Technology (ICT), technical and professional skills and religion and values.

Officials of the Education Ministry pointed out that more than 80,000 students fail the Ordinary Level Examination in a year and it has been suggested that no child will fail through the new education reforms and that all children who passed the Ordinary Level Examination should be given the opportunity to study vocational training courses.

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