A/L accounts paper: Use of non-programmable calculators permitted, says Exam Chief

By Prasanna Pradeep Samarakoon

Commissioner General of Examinations Sanath Pujitha yesterday said that non-programmable calculators would be allowed to be used when answering the Accounts papers at the G.C.E. A/L examination from this year onward

The second paper of Accounting is scheduled to be held morning.

The GCE A/L examination, which commenced on Oct 12 is set to end on Nov 6.

Any inquiries about the use of non-programmable calculators can be made from the Examinations Department, Commissioner General Pujitha said.

He said 638 exam centres were there in Colombo, Gampaha and Kalutara Districts where quarantine curfew is currently effective.

The Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) and Sri Lanka Railways had made special arrangements to transport candidates to their respective examination centres safely, he said.

The Commissioner General urged the parents to be mindful of sending their children to exam centres well in advance of the commencement times.

He said that paper marking of 2020 Grade 5 Scholarship exam papers had commenced at 391 centres across the country, except in Kuliyapitiya and Gampaha, from Oct 11 to 30.