The Ministry of Education announced that it has been decided to hold the grade 5 scholarship examination on 11th October 2020 that is scheduled to be held in the year 2020 and the General Certificate of Education Advanced Level examination will be held from 12th October to 06th of November.
Accordingly, the schools will be closed from 10th October to 08th of November 2020.
The third school term will start from 09th of November 2020 and ends on 23rd of December 2020. The year-end school vacation will start on 24th of December and it will last till 01st of January 2021. Accordingly, the new school term of the year 2021 will commence on 04th of January.
The G.C.E. Ordinary Level examination scheduled for the year 2020 will be held from 18th January 2021 to 27th January 2021. This time period will be a special vacation for all schools. A study leave period will be given from 01st of January 2021 to 17th of January 2021 only to the students sitting for G.C.E. Ordinary Level examination.
The schools will be reopened from 01st of February 2021 after the G.C.E. Ordinary Level examination.
Courtesy: Colombo Page