GCE (O/L) results - what Department of Examinations has to say

 

Department of Examinations plans to issue G. C. E. (O/L) results through its website http://www.doenets.lk by Thursday, as we learn from newspapers.

I feel this is the ideal time to start a discussion how far the Sri Lankan education system has fared, using the G.C.E. O/L results as a yard stick.

According to Department of Examinations, this was the percentages of candidates who have passed in selected individual subjects in 2006 G. C. E. (O/L) examination. Full list and more information is available at the Department of Examinations site http://www.doenets.lk/GCE/web/docs/statistics/pdf.pdf

BUDDHISM - 82.25%
SAIVISM - 86.03%
CHRISTIANITY - 91.32%
ISLAM - 86.19%
SINHALA LANGUAGE & LIT.  - 79.19%
TAMIL LANGUAGE & LIT.  - 83.40%
ENGLISH LANGUAGE - 36.82%
MATHEMATICS - 42.63%
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 48.35%
SOCIAL STUDIES & HISTORY - 75.48%
ENGLISH LITERATURE - 71.20%
SINHALA LITERATURE - 62.79%
TAMIL LITERATURE 57.15%
ART - 54.45%
DANCING (S) - 83.07%
DANCING (B) - 78.71%
MUSIC (S) - 63.56%
MUSIC (C) - 66.50%
MUSIC (W) - 90.60%
DRAMA & THEATRE - 94.80%
HISTORY - 56.62%
GEOGRAPHY - 60.64%
DEVELOPMENT STUDIES - 87.80%
HEALTH & PHY.EDUCATION - 91.13%
BUSSINESS & ACCOUNTING - 81.44%
HOME ECONOMICS - 73.44%

Hope this information is adequate to pin point the culprits. English (37%) and Mathematics (43%) are the two subjects that reported the lowest pass scores.