Conducting coaching or tuition classes targeting at the 2024 grade five scholarship examination will be prohibited from today midnight (11), Examinations Department Commissioner General H.J.M.C Amith Jayasundara said.
He said the grade five examination will be held on September 15 (Sunday) at 2,849 examination centres around the country. The Commissioner General said the ban will stand until the examination is concluded.
Accordingly, organising, conducting subject oriented lecturers, seminars or classes, printing exam-oriented papers, distributing them, and giving publicity via electronic media, posters, and banners claiming to provide similar questions prior to the examinations are strictly prohibited.
“If a person or an institution is found violating the regulations, complaints may be lodged with the nearest police station, or to the examinations department, or by dialling the numbers given below, ” he said.
The first paper will start at 9.30 a.m. on Sunday and end at 10.45 a.m. The second paper will start on the same day at 11.15 a.m. and end at 12.15 p.m.
Amendments to the details of the applicants can be made between September 2 and September 9 via the online system.
Police Head Quarters: 0112421111
Police Emergency unit: 119
Hotline (Examinations Dept.): 1911
Examination Commissioner General’s Office: 0112785211, 011275212
School Examination Organizing Branch – 0112784208/0112784537
