Fundamentals:

The Sri Lankan Ordinary Level (O-level) and Advanced Level (A-level) are General Certificate of Education (GCE) qualifications conducted by the Department of Examinations which is based on the British GCE qualifications. An O-level is a qualification of its own right, but more often taken in prerequisite for the more in-depth and academically rigorous Advanced Level exams the qualification by which is used as an entrance for Sri Lankan state universities.

In recent years the exam has become extremely competitive and even traumatic for most high school students in Sri Lanka, since only top 11% of students who pass this exam are selected to the state universities by the government agency tasked with university admission, the University Grants Commission. Admission at undergraduate level to these public universities is based solely on the results of the G.C.E. (A/L) Examination and the Z-score, which considers the difficulty level of the subjects. Due to restricted facilities admissions have become extremely competitive.

RCSL’s Involvement:
GCE O-level Enrichment;

The annual Education Enrichment program implemented by Rose Charities Srilanka has been inaugurated on the 6th of June 2011. Classes for the students who are going to sit for the GCE O-level Examination in December 2011 were conducted. Science, English, Math, Tamil and History had been the subjects in focus. There were about 461 students from 9 schools in Ampara and Batticaloa districts were the beneficiaries of this year’s program. 45 Teachers have been engaged for conducting the classes in 7centers. 8 field staffs and a team of project staffs have been involved for the effective implementation of the program. Program came to an end in October 2011 with a grand Seminar series in subjects such as Mathematics and Science.

Grand Seminar Series:

A team of experienced teachers with the aid of multimedia and using animation techniques conducted a series of Mathematics and Science seminars 6 to be exact for a grand total of about 500 students from 13 schools. More than 15 teachers were involved in these seminars.

GCE A-level Enrichment or University Entrance Program;

Classes for the students who re-sat the General Certificate of Education (Advanced Level) Examination in August 2011 in the Arts stream were conducted. The classes were started in February and came to completion in July. Political Science, Hindu Culture, Logic and Scientific Methods, Tamil and Drama & Theater were the subjects in focus. There were about 40 students from Kalmunai, Natpiddimunai, Navithanveli, Karaitivu Veeramunai and Mandur areas of Ampara and Batticaloa districts benefited from this year’s program. 5 Teachers were been engaged for conducting the classes in Education Development Society, Kalmunai. A team of project staffs have been involved for the effective implementation of the program.

As part of the Enrichment Classes review classes were held by the teachers and model exam papers in each subject were given to the students which will be then discussed.

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