‘Z-Score’ judgment on June 25

June 21, 2012, 10:23 pm

By Chitra Weerarathne, the island

The Supreme Court on June 25, 2012 will deliver the judgment on the Fundamental Rights Violation application filed by a group of students and the Teachers’ Union against the formulation of the Z-Score for the 2011 GCE (A/L) examination.

The petitioners have challenged the pooling method used for calculating the Z-score for the examination conduced under the new and old syllabuses. Their position is that the two syllabuses should be considered separate in calculating the Z-score, on the basis of which students are admitted to universities.

The petitioners want the results, already declared cancelled.