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LNP – Grade 5 Scholarship Exam: Supreme Court declares State has violated Fundamental Rights of students

The Supreme Court today declared that the Fundamental Rights of the student candidates and petitioners have been violated by the State through the breach of the integrity of Paper I of the Grade 5 scholarship examination conducted on September 15, 2024 due to the breach in confidentiality of three questions.

The Supreme Court three-judge-bench comprising Justices Yasantha Kodagoda, Kumudini Wickremasinghe and Arjuna Obeyesekere further declared that the decision of the  Comrnissioner General of Examinations to award free marks for three answers is unlawful.

Accordingly, the Supreme Court directed the  Commissioner General of Examinations to proceed with one of the most suitable recommendations provided by the experts’ committee on the issue and promptly implement such decision, initiate the commencement and completion of the assessment of answer scripts, finalise the results and issue such results of the Grade 5 Scholarship Examinatio

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