how many failed this time ?
More than 51% of the students failed the G.C.E O/L 2006 December examination. According to Commissioner of Examinations, Mr Anura Edirisinghe, 523000 candidates sat the examination, out of that only 48.7% candidates were qualified to follow Advanced Level.
GCE Ordinary Level 2006 examination results were:
o 21,813 candidates failed all subjects.
o 57% failed Mathematics
o 47 schools and 40 pirivena institutes did not have a single student qualifying for the GCE A/L (This list also includes some schools in centre Colombo)
o 63% failed out of 258,975 who sat for the English language paper
o 57% failed out of 259,263 who sat for the Mathematics paper; 90% failed to solve the (compulsory) geometry question
o 52% failed out of 258,948 who sat the Science paper