President also responsible for mess up in A/Level results – Education Minister

Monday, 02 January 2012 

Education Minister Bandula Gunawardena says that President Advisor Sunimal Fernando was completely responsible for the mess up in the A/Level results and that nothing can be said about it in the open since it would haven an impact on his portfolio. Therefore, he has said that being silent and taking the blame was the only option.

The Minister has made this statement when several ministers had inquired about the controversy surrounding the A/Level results.

Gunawardena has observed that he was sick of the portfolio and that he has to even follow orders from peons at the Presidential Secretariat.

The Minister has revealed that the Z score was formulated by a group of Indian specialists who were brought down by Sunimal Fernando and that the President had also put pressure to assign the group the task of determining the Z score formula.

According to the Minister, the confusion over the examination results had been created by the group of Indian specialists.