Were students given 20 weeks before the A / L examination?

Secretary of the Transparency Front Nagananda Kodithuwakku today filed a writ petition in the Court of Appeal seeking an order suspending the implementation of the timetable issued by the Commissioner General of Examinations for the GCE Advanced Level Examination. The 2021 A / L examination is scheduled to begin on February 7. Dinesh Gunawardena, Minister of Education, Kapila Perera, Secretary to the Ministry and LMD Jayasekara, Commissioner General of Examinations have been named as respondents in the petition. Dharmasena, Director of the National Institute of Education Sunil.J. Navaratne. The petitioner has stated that schools across the country have been closed for a considerable period of time due to the covid epidemic and this has caused great loss to the educational activities of the students. The petitioner has pointed out that even the syllabus could not be completed properly. Due to this, the Ministry of Education and the Secretary to the Ministry of Education have rejected the recommendation given to the government by the National Institute of Education that students should be given 20 weeks before the GCE Advanced Level examination, Nagananda Kodithuwakku has further stated in his petition.