More than half of Sri Lanka's A/L candidates qualify for universities

Out of the total 201,660 Advanced Level students sat for exams this May, 119,775 are qualified to entre to the universities. Of these qualifying candidates, 4164 have obtained 'A' passes for all three subjects, the Department of Examination sources said. 121, 308 candidates passed all three subjects and 19,741 failed all three subjects.

In the recent years, the gap between the students who sat for the Advanced Level Examination and the qualifiers to entre to the university stream has minimized. This is a considerable positive enlargement in the Sri Lankan education sector.

Still the current university system cannot accommodate more than 15% of them.