Grade 5 Scholarship Exam Grading to Begin Amid Controversy

COLOMBO (News 1st) – The Department of Examinations has announced plans to commence the grading of the Grade 5 Scholarship Examination papers following recommendations from the Human Rights Commission.

Examinations Commissioner General Amit Jayasundara stated that all preparations for the grading process have been completed.

This decision comes in the wake of an investigation initiated by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) into allegations that several questions from the first paper of the Grade 5 Scholarship Examination were leaked.

The Department of Examinations confirmed that three questions were indeed leaked and has decided to award free marks for these questions.

In a related development, a fundamental rights petition was filed in the Supreme Court yesterday by 54 individuals, including students who sat for the scholarship examination and their parents. 

The petition seeks an interim injunction to prevent the release of the examination results and calls for the cancellation of the first paper, requesting a re-examination.