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  2. Policy of standardisation - Wikipedia

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    Sri Lankan Tamil academic Ratnajeevan Hoole recounted the following in a letter to The Washington Times: [8] "I took the common Advanced Level exam in 1969 and was admitted to the engineering faculty. The government then redid the admissions after adding some 28 marks to the four-subject aggregate of Sinhalese students. I lost my seat.

  3. General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University - Wikipedia

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    The KDU is the only public university in Sri Lanka offering Bachelor of Science in Degrees in Marine Engineering and Aeronautical Engineering. [4] The degree courses at the KDU run for two to five years. The officer cadets follow a course of study from the fields of medicine, law, engineering, management and technical sciences, commerce or arts.

  4. Direct School Admission - Wikipedia

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    The DSA scheme was first introduced on 24 September 2004 with DSA-Sec as an alternative pathway for Primary 6 (P6) students' early admission into secondary schools of the student's choice. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Unlike traditional methods of admission, which are based solely on academic results, the DSA scheme recognises students for their strengths in ...

  5. GCE Advanced Level in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    In recent years, the exam has become extremely competitive and even traumatic for many high school students in Sri Lanka. For the academic year 2013, out of 55,241 candidates who applied for university admission, only 43.8% gained access to state universities through the University Grants Commission (UGC), despite meeting the minimum admission ...

  6. GCE Ordinary Level in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    The exams are held in three mediums Sinhala, Tamil and English. The exam is the basic Certificate awarded in Sri Lanka as proof of completion of Secondary Education. The GCE O/L examination is an important milestone for students as it determines their eligibility to pursue further studies at the Advanced Level (A/L) or vocational training courses.

  7. Victoria College, Chulipuram - Wikipedia

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    Coordinates: Information; School type: Public Provincial 1AB: Established: 1876: Founder: Mudaliar Kanagaratnam: Status: Functioning: School district: Valikamam ...

  8. List of universities in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    The University of Ceylon was the only university in Sri Lanka (earlier Ceylon) from 1942 until 1972. It had several constituent campuses at various locations around Sri Lanka. The University of Ceylon Act No. 1 of 1972, replaced it with the University of Sri Lanka which existed from 1973 to 1978.

  9. Sri Lanka Institute of Advanced Technological Education

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    The Hardy Advanced Technological Institute [5] is located in Ampara, Sri Lanka. [6] Founded in 1956 by Prof. Allen Hardy as the Technical Training Institute with aid from the Colombo Plan, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Asia Foundation, it was renamed as Hardy Senior Technical Institute (HSTI) in 1967. [7]