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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.
The medium was either Sinhala or Tamil. In 1942 a special committee was appointed to observe the education system and, among the suggestions that followed, the following play an important role: i. Make available to all children a good education free of charge, so that education ceases to be a commodity purchasable only by the urban affluent. ii.
The majority of candidates enter the exam through their respective schools, but those who have completed their school education can also apply as private candidates. The qualification also serves as an entrance requirement for Sri Lankan state universities. The exams are offered in three mediums: Sinhala, Tamil, and English.
The college began as a school, the Al Madrasathul Khairiyyathul Islamiah.Founded by Marhoom Sidde Lebbe Image, Marhoom Wapichi Marikkar and Ahmed Urabi Pasha, Marhoom Ahmed Orabi Pasha, at the school's opening ceremony on 15 November 1884 (First Muslim School in Sri Lanka), Ahmed Orabi made a speech on the importance of the new school to Sri Lanka's Muslim community.
On 6 November 2003 P. M. Kalubowila assumed duties as the principal, having joined Sirimavo Bandaranaike Vidyalaya in 1986 as a Chemistry teacher. Kalubowila has dedicated herself to serve the school in the sphere of educational and co-curricular activities and to upgrade the infra-structure facilities and resources development of the school.
The first principal designed the college crest with the assistance of J. D. A. Perera and Stanley Abeysinghe of Heywood School of Art. It consists of a lighted lamp and an opened book with the motto "Strive with Determination" below. The college colours are dark and light green, which was selected from the college's name (Greenlands College).
The university practices a semester-based system and conducts most of its study programmes in the English medium. Although a bilingual medium (English/Sinhala or English/Tamil) instruction is available in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Languages, the proportion of students who follow study programmes in the Sinhala medium is on the decline.
The Sinhala script is a Brahmi derivate and was thought to have been imported from Northern India around the 3rd century BCE. [5] It developed in a complex manner, partly independently but also strongly influenced by South Indian scripts at various stages, [6] manifestly influenced by the early Grantha script. [3]