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62% qualify for university in 2025 GCE AL exam
View(s):Results released this week show that 176,527 students who sat the 2025 GCE Advanced Level examinations—62.64 per cent of candidates—qualified for university admission. 
A total of 281,810 students sat the exams—221,413 school candidates and 60,397 private candidates. Among those students, 7,477 school students and 823 private students secured ‘A’ passes in all subjects.
Examinations Commissioner General A.K.S.I. Kumari Liyanage said the results of 111 students—68 school students and 43 private students—were withheld. This is because they had electronic devices during the exams, had copied answers, had notes to copy, and their signatures on the exam admission card were not verified.
Students have the opportunity to apply for a re-correction of results.
Applications for the re-correction of results can be submitted online from April 6 to 22 via https://onlineexams.gov.lk/eic.
Students who have achieved the highest Z-scores in each subject stream for the 2025 A/L examination are:
Wanigasooriya Arachchige Don Sheshan Anujaya Wanigasooriya from Bandaranaike College, Gampaha, with a Z-score of 3.5158 in Engineering Technology.
Wijeratne Mudiyanselage Dona Rishani Manodha from Bandaranaike Central College, Veyangoda, with a Z-score of 3.3638 in Bio Systems Technology. Marasinghe Pathiranage Achintha Mihiringa Rathnayake from Wayamba Royal College, Kurunegala, with a Z-score of 3.2403 in the Art Stream.
Mohamed Subaideen Mohamed Farhan from Kattankudy Central College, with a Z-score of 3.0412 in the Commerce Stream. Devendran Thirukkumaran from Kilinochchi Maha Vidyalaya with a Z-score of 2.9400 in the Physical Science Stream.
Dilan Sanjana Karunaratne from Royal College, Colombo 07, with a Z-score of 2.9289 in the Bio Science Stream.
Due to Cyclone Ditwah, the 2025 GCE Advanced Level (A/L) examination was postponed. It was subsequently held from January 12 to 20. Students affected by the disaster got an opportunity to sit the exam using temporary identity cards.
GCE 2026 exam: Apply before April 2024
Online applications are being called for the G.C.E. (Advanced Level) Examination – 2026, and the final day for the submission is April 24. Students can visit doenets.lk or onlineexams.gov.lk/eic and apply for the 2026 examination.
Students in government schools or government-approved private schools must apply through their principals, who have been issued a username and password to facilitate these submissions.
Private candidates are required to use their National Identity Card (NIC) number to apply online. For reference, students are advised to print a copy of the receipt of their application after submission.
The Examinations Department says the application closing date will not be extended.
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