UNP calls for PSC on A/L fiasco

January 17, 2012, 9:45 pm

By Saman Indrajith, The Island.

The UNP yesterday called for the appointment of a Parliamentary Select Committee to probe the Advanced Level examination fiasco.

Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe made the suggestion after making a special statement in Parliament on the issue in which he accused the Government of adopting a lackadaisical attitude towards an important matter which would affect the future generations of this country.

"Despite such a big problem cropping up, no one in the Government has taken responsibility for it. It has failed to find a proper solution to the grievances of the affected students," he said.

Wickremesinghe said that from what had been reported in the media about the findings of the Committee appointed to look into the issue, it seems that it too has failed to find a proper solution to the problem.

"I propose we set up a Parliamentary Select Committee and we will be able to give a report within three months if we meet regularly," he said.

The Opposition Leader also said that UNP has been opposed to the ‘Z’ score since its inception and was planning to abolish it when it took power in 2003 but due to the premature dismissal of his government, this could not be done.