Re-scrutinized 2011 A/L results released
The re-scrutinized 2011 A/Level results have been released. They could be obtained at www.doenets.lk
The Supreme Court yesterday ordered the University Grants Commission (UGC) to annul z-score calculation for 2011 G.C.E. Advanced Level examination and to recalculate for old and new syllabus separately.
The judgment was delivered by Supreme Court bench chaired by Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake on the Fundamental Rights petition filed by a group of A/L students and the Ceylon Teachers’ Union against the formulation of the Z-Score for the 2011 A/L examination.
The Supreme Court acknowledged that current Z-score calculation method has caused grave injustice to students who sat for the examination under old and new syllabuses.
However, court did not welcome the request by the petitioners seeking the annulment of complete 2011 A/L examination results and only ordered that the annulment of z-score calculation.
The petitioners challenged the method used for calculating the Z-score for the examination claiming that both syllabuses should be considered separate in calculating the Z-score, the basis of which students are enrolled into universities.
Courtesy: Ada Derana
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While the supreme court decision is a just one, it would have been more judiciuos and expedient for the University Grants Commission if it
had sought the correct guidelines from the Supreme Court before trying to implement it.
Such a step would have saved precious time and money forthe authorities and obviated the heartburn that would inevitably be caused to those candiates whose lowered Z score will make them ineligible for universwity admission.