O/L Student Met With an Accident Write Exam in Hospital Bed

The Examinations Department yesterday provided emergency facilities to a candidate involved in an accident, to sit for the GCE Ordinary Level examination at the Homagama hospital.

The G.C.E. O/L candidate, Anusha Madhushanka met with an accident while travelling to Meegoda Maha Vidyalaya for the ongoing G.C.E.(O L) examination yesterday morning.The motor bicycle on which he was travelling with his brother was hit by a SLTB bus and knocked them down.

Both of them were taken to the Homagama hospital. The student who sustained minor injuries had requested the Homagama Zonal Education Director Palitha Weerasooriya, who visited the student in hospital to permit him to sit for the examination from his hospital bed. He immediately contacted the Examinations Commissioner General and
made arrangements for the student to sit for the paper, at the Homagama hospital. “The student sat for the exam in a special room arranged at the hospital under the supervision of a special examiner appointed by the Examinations Department.” Weerasooriya said. The student involved in the accident is a resident of Watareka, Meegoda.

Hospital staff appreciated the human approach made by the Homagama Zonal Education Director Palitha Weerasooriya.