Uni qualifiers – highest from Jaffna

By DAYA PERERA -2016-01-19

The highest percentage of school candidates that have qualified for university education from the advanced level examination of 2015 has been from Jaffna District, Examination Department sources said.
According to Examination Department sources out of a total of 7,346 candidates who had sat for the examination from the Jaffna District, 4,872 of them had passed the said examination resulting in a 66.33 percentage.

The lowest percentage has been recorded from Polonnaruwa District. In the Polonnaruwa District a total of 3,455 candidates had taken the examination of which only 1,961 had qualified for the university entrance, which has resulted in a 56.76 percentage.

Meanwhile, Colombo District has had the ignominy of having the most number of candidates (2,071) who had failed in all three subjects. That is percentage wise is 7.99. The second place in the list has gone to the Gampaha District which is 1,771.

The Western Province has gained the first place from the Biology stream while the Northern Province has claimed the first place in the Maths stream.

The Sabaragamuwa Province has gained first place in both Biology and Commerce while the Uva Province has gained the first place in Arts stream.