The Hon. (Dr.) Harini Amarasuriya
In response to a question on education examination participation, figures were provided for GCE O/L candidates from 2022 to 2024, ranging from 317,326 to 322,704 students. It was stated that 221,413 students from the 2022 O/L cohort sat the GCE A/L in 2025, while the 2023 and 2024 cohorts had not yet reached the corresponding A/L examinations. The response also gave comparative percentages of students admitted to Grade 1 who later sat the examinations, including 65.29% for the 2025 A/L cohort and O/L rates of 93.57% in 2022, 92.08% in 2023, and 95.15% in 2024.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Question to the Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education:
¶ 02 (a) (i) Total number of students who sat for the GCE (O/L) Examination in the last three years:
¶ 03 2022: 317,326 2023: 322,537 2024: 322,704
¶ 04 (ii) Out of those, the number who sat for the GCE (A/L) in the corresponding examination years:
¶ 05 2025: 221,413 2026: Not yet sat for A/L 2027: Not yet sat for A/L
¶ 06 (iii) Percentage admitted to Grade 1 in the relevant years, compared to those who sat:
¶ 07 GCE (A/L): 2025: 221,413 — 65.29%
¶ 08 GCE (O/L): 2022: 317,326 — 93.57% 2012: 339,142 2013: 350,294 2014: 339,145 2023: 92.08% 2024: 95.15%
¶ 09 (b) Not applicable.
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Cite as: The Hon. (Dr.) Harini Amarasuriya. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 5 May 2026. No. 23546. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/19747