These students were supposed to sit for the GCE (Advanced Level) Examination in December 1965 with a view to entering a University in October the following year.īut, there was no university in Sri Lanka which was ready to accommodate them. This was introduced to school curriculum only in 1963 with a few selected schools providing facilities for students to take the examination. There were no subjects offered in the commerce stream at the Advanced Level examination nor there were teachers who could teach those subjects at that level.
After passing the Examination, they had to seek employment either as a book-keeper or as a stenographer cum typist.
