A total of 15 prison inmates are scheduled to sit for the 2021 GCE Ordinary Level Examination.
Accordingly, one inmate at the Welikada Prison, four LTTE cadres held at the Magazine Prison and 10 juvenile offenders studying at the Suneetha Prison School at the Open Prison Camp in Watareka are due to face the exam.
Prisons Media Spokesman Prisons Commissioner Chandana Ekanayake said all inmates will sit the exam at centres established at the Magazine Prison and at the Suneetha Prison School in Watareka.
The 2021 GCE Ordinary Level Examination will get underway today.
The O/L exam will be worked-off until the 1st of June at 3,844 examination centres across the country.
The Ministry of Education said 517,496 school and private candidates are scheduled to sit for the O/L exam this year.
