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Research and Development BranchNational Evaluation and Testing ServiceDepartment of Examinations

Curriculum

Assessment&

Evaluation

Teaching Learning

N E T S

REVIEWING OF

PERFORMANCE

At

Grade Five Scholarship

Examination - 2016

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The message of the Commissioner General of Examinations

The Grade 5 Scholarship Examination is conducted with the intentions of giving bursaries to bright but economically disadvantaged students and providing opportunities to bright students to gain admission to popular schools.

Almost every student who is studying in Grade 5 sit this examination. Therefore, this has become a popular and competitive examination among candidates. Much pains are being taken by candidates to reach a high level of achievement at this examination and principals, teachers and parents toassist the realization of their goals.

This booklet presented to you by the Research and Development Branch of the Department of Examinations contain valuable statistical information for wider reference categorized under 5 sections; General information, Performance of candidates, Analyses of Paper I and Paper II, Item analyses of Paper I and Paper II, and Best performing schools in the island. It is attempted here to present comprehensive analyses to provide information in greater detail.

The information provided here is of great importance to teachers, principals, In- service advisors, and directors to understand the tendencies and patterns of this examination in order to develop the learning teaching process. It is equally important to researchers and other stakeholders in numerous ways to contribute to the development of Primary Education.

I wish to extend my sincere thanks to my staff at the Research and Development Branch who worked very hard to prepare this booklet for the benefit of all stakeholders in the Education sector.

W.M.N.J. Pushpakumara Commissioner General of Examinations

Research & Development Branch Department of ExaminationsPelawatta, Battaramulla03.03.2017

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Guidance

Mr. W.M.N.J. Pushpakumara - Commissioner General of Examinations

Direction & Editing

Ms. Gayathri Abeygunasekera - Commissioner of Examinations (Research and Development)

Data Analysis

Mr. L.G.S. Samarakoon - Assistant Commissioner of Examinations

Assistance

Ms. Buddika Perera - Deputy Commissioner of Examinations

Mr. J.A.J.R. Jayakody - Assistant Commissioner of Examinations

Ms. Hasantha Kuruppu - Assistant Commissioner of Examinations

Mr. E.K. Nandakumara Edirisinghe - Computer Programmer & System Analyst Type Setting & Graphics

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Cover Design

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List of Contents

1. General Information ........................................................................................... 1 1.1 Objectives of the Examination ................................................................... 1 1.2 History of the Examination ........................................................................ 1 1.3 Structure of the Examination Papers .......................................................... 2

2. Performance of Candidates 2.1 Performance of Candidates from 2012 to 2016 .......................................... 3 2.2 Overall Performance of Candidates ........................................................... 4 Performance by Medium ........................................................................... 4 Performance by Gender ............................................................................ 4 Performance by Income ............................................................................ 5 2.3 Performance of Candidates by Province from 2012 to 2016 ....................... 6 2.4 Performance of Candidates by Province - 2016 .......................................... 6 2.5 Performance of Candidates by Province Arranged in Descending Order - 2016 . ............................................................................................... 7 2.6 Performance of Candidates by District from 2012 to 2016 ........................ 8 2.7 Performance of Candidates by District - 2016 ........................................... 9 2.8 Performance of Candidates by District, Arranged in Descending Order .... 11 2.9 Performance of Candidates by Province and Income Level ....................... 12 2.10 Performance of Candidates by Province and Gender .................................. 13 2.11 Performance of Candidates by Province and Medium................................. 14 2.12 Performance of Candidates by Education Zone - 2016 ............................... 15 2.13 Performance of Candidates by Education Zone Arranged in Descending Order - 2016 ................................................................................................. 17

3. Analyses of Question Papers 3.1 Comparison of Distribution of Total Marks - 2015 & 2016 ........................ 23 3.2 Distribution of Frequencies of marks for Paper I by Income Level ........... 24 3.3 Distribution of Frequencies of marks for Paper II by Income Level ......... 25 3.4 Distribution of Frequencies of Total marks by Income Level .................... 26 3.5 Distribution of Frequencies of marks for Paper I by Medium ................... 27 3.6 Distribution of Frequencies of marks for Paper II by Medium .................. 28 3.7 Distribution of Frequencies of Total marks by Medium ............................ 29 3.8 Distribution of Frequencies of marks for Paper I by Gender .................... 30 3.9 Distribution of Frequencies of marks for Paper II by Gender ................... 31 3.10 Distribution of Frequencies of Total marks by Gender ............................. 32 3.11 Mean Values of Paper I, Paper II & Total Marks by Province ................... 33

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4. Item Analyses of Question Papers 4.1 Item Person Map for Paper I ...................................................................... 34 4.2 Facility Indices of Question Paper I .......................................................... 35 4.3 Distractor Analysis for Paper I .................................................................. 36 4.4 Item Person Map for Paper II .................................................................... 37 4.5 Facility Indices of Question Paper II ........................................................ 38 4.6 Category Analysis for Paper II 4.6.1. Category Analysis for Short Answer Type Questions ................ 39 4.6.2. Distractor Analysis for Multiple Choice Questions ................... 40 4.7 Analysis of Essay Question in Paper II .................................................... 41 4.8 Analysis of Essay Question in Paper II .................................................... 41 4.8.1. Pattern of Obtaining marks for Essay Question ........................ 41 4.8.2. WeaknessesIdentifiedinEssayQuestion.................................. 42

5. Performance by School ............................................................................................. 43

6. Grade 5 Scholarship Examination - Paper I & II ...................................................... 44

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1.1 Objectives of the Examination

1. Admission of bright students to popular schools.

2. Provision of bursaries to bright but economically disadvantaged students.

1.2 History of the Examination The examination was introduced in 1948 as Central Colleges Scholarship Examination for admission of bright students to Central Colleges. Number of students who sat the examination from 1952 to 1969 is given below.

Year Number Sat

1952 238061953 26180 1954 261801955 276261956 378201957 238061958 434841959 539291960 590291961 438551962 448861963 684391964 755621965 758751966 748421967 784011968 786041969 92030 (Jathika Navodaya Scholarships)

1. General Information

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1.3 Structure of the Examination Papers

Ú Examination Consists of Two Question Papers:

Ú Before 1995, they were,

(i) First Language (ii) Mathematics

whichmeasured‘ProficiencyinLiteracy’and‘ProficiencyinNumeracy’.

Ú From 1995, the two question papers were restructured as, (i) Paper I (ii) Paper II

which measure the following learning abilities & potentials.

÷ Substitution÷ Interpretation÷ Prediction÷ Translation÷ Problem Solving÷ Seeing Relationships÷ IdentificationofCauseandEffect÷ Organization of Information÷ Perception÷ Observation÷ Inter-relations÷ Reasoning÷ Seeing Spatial Relationships÷ Following Instructions

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2.1 Performance of Candidates from 2012 - 2016

Table 1 :

Figure 1 :

Grade 5 Scholarship Examinations 2012 - 2016Distribution of Candidates Sat the examination, obtained marks Above Cut Off, Mean Values and Standard Deviations by Year

2. Performance of Candidates

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

310329 322455 327648 333672 343757

No. 199809 223908 258700 254690 260130

% 64.39 69.44 78.96 76.33 75.67

No. 33383 32617 32735 31853 32646

% 10.76 10.12 9.99 9.55 9.50

101.36 110.71 113.89 109.50 107.86

35.69 36.38 36.98 36.63 35.17S.D.

Above cut off

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Grade 5 Scholarship Examinations 2012 - 2016

Percentage of candidates who obtained marks 70 and

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2.2 Overall Performance of Candidates by Medium, Gender & Income at the Grade 5 Scholarship Examination - 2016

Performance by Medium

Figure 2.1 Figure 2.2 Figure 2.3

Performance by Gender


Percentage distribution of candidates who sat the

examination by medium

Percentage distribution of candidates who obtained marks

above cut off by medium

Percentage distribution ofcandidates who were qualified for

bursaries by medium

It is observed that the ratio of the percentages in the ‘Percentage distribution of the candidates who sat the examination by medium (figure 2.1)’ is equivalent to the ratio of thepercentages in the ‘Percentage distribution of candidates who were qualified for bursaries bymedium(figure2.3)’.

According to the Figure 3.3, it is notable that the percentage of female candidates who obtained marks above cut off are slightly higher than the percentage of male candidates and the respective percentages are 51% and 49%.

Percentage distribution of candidates who sat the examination by Gender

Percentage distribution of candidates who obtained marks

above cut off by Gender

Percentage distribution of candidates who were qualified

for bursaries by Gender

Above Cut Off

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Performance by Income


Accordingtothefigure4.2,itseemsthattheincomelevelofparentsaffectstheperformanceof candidates. Higher educational status of parents and the ability to provide to engage in more opportunities education are possible reasons for the better performance of the students from the familes of higher income levels.

Figure 4.3 bears out that all candidates of lower income level, who have obtained marks above cut off are given bursaries.

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Percentage distribution of candidates who sat the

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Percentage distribution of candidates who obtained marks above cut off by Family Income

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2.3 Performance of Candidates by Province from 2012 - 2016

Table 2 :

Grade 5 Scholarship Examinations 2012 - 2016Distribution of Number of Candidates who obtained marks above

District Cut Off by Province & Year

2.4 Performance of Candidates by Province - 2016

Table 3 :Grade 5 Scholarship Examination - 2016

Distribution of Candidates who sat the examination, Above Cut Off, Obtained marks above 100 and above 70 by Province

* Percentage is calculated based on the number sat of each Province

Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %

Western 8869 11.21 8133 9.97 8425 10.18 8251 9.86 7651 9.06

Central 3228 7.75 2947 6.82 3014 6.91 2834 6.59 3116 7.01

Southern 4585 11.76 4702 11.67 4649 11.36 4337 10.42 4623 10.57

Northern 1651 9.46 1938 11.02 2064 11.00 2148 11.38 2025 10.49

Eastern 2762 10.41 2687 9.66 2380 8.52 2500 7.99 2649 8.01

North Western 4406 12.15 4262 11.30 4389 11.37 4149 10.51 4268 10.58

North Central 2282 11.05 2213 10.18 2134 9.72 2197 9.69 2367 10.17

Uva 2201 10.54 2229 10.05 2050 9.14 2172 9.72 2417 10.45

Sabaragamuwa 3399 11.81 3506 11.55 3630 11.84 3265 10.64 3530 11.03

Island 33383 10.76 32617 10.12 32735 9.99 31853 9.55 32646 9.50

2016201420132012 2015Province

No. % No. % No. %

Western 84474 7651 9.06 65692 77.77 44657 52.86

Central 44433 3116 7.01 32437 73.00 20475 46.08

Southern 43749 4623 10.57 35523 81.20 24719 56.50

Northern 19309 2025 10.49 13512 69.98 8464 43.83

Eastern 33054 2649 8.01 20484 61.97 12447 37.66

North Western 40331 4268 10.58 32471 80.51 22666 56.20

North Central 23268 2367 10.17 17713 76.13 11779 50.62

Uva 23126 2417 10.45 17105 73.96 11197 48.42

Sabaragamuwa 32013 3530 11.03 25193 78.70 17508 54.69

Island 343757 32646 9.50 260130 75.67 173912 50.59

Obtained marks

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2.5 Performance of Candidates by Province Arranged in Descending Order - 2016

Grade 5 Scholarship Examination - 2016

* Percentage is calculated based on the number sat of each Province

Province Above cut off

%

Sabaragamuwa 11.03

North Western 10.58

Southern 10.57

Northern 10.49

Uva 10.45

North Central 10.17

Western 9.06

Eastern 8.01

Central 7.01

Island 9.50

Percentage distribution of candidates who obtained

marks above cut off by province *

Table 4.1


marks 100 and above by province *

Table 4.2


marks 70 and above by province *

Table 4.3

Province

Obtained marks 70

and above (above 35

for each paper) %

Southern 81.20

North Western 80.51

Sabaragamuwa 78.70

Western 77.77

North Central 76.13

Uva 73.96

Central 73.00

Northern 69.98

Eastern 61.97

Island 75.67

Province

Obtained marks 100

and above (above 50

for each paper) %

Southern 56.50

North Western 56.20

Sabaragamuwa 54.69

Western 52.86

North Central 50.62

Uva 48.42

Central 46.08

Northern 43.83

Eastern 37.66

Island 50.59

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2.6 Performance of Candidates by District from 2012 to 2016

Table 5 :

Grade 5 Scholarship Examinations 2012 - 2016Distribution of Number of Candidates who obtained marks

above District Cut Off by District and Year

* Percentage is calculated based on the number sat of each district

No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %

Colombo 3052 9.86 2944 9.12 3051 9.22 3049 9.17 2856 8.59

Gampaha 3571 11.88 3335 10.90 3388 11.00 3309 10.63 3040 9.72

Kalutara 2246 12.37 1854 9.92 1986 10.52 1893 9.82 1755 8.80

Kandy 1748 8.01 1637 7.38 1655 7.32 1519 6.86 1632 7.23

Matale 667 8.62 545 6.73 616 7.44 528 6.63 599 7.36

Nuwara Eliya 813 6.73 765 5.92 743 5.84 787 6.11 885 6.44

Galle 1840 11.08 1837 10.69 1876 10.73 1666 9.55 1659 9.04

Matara 1414 11.19 1438 11.20 1422 11.06 1402 10.40 1466 10.37

Hambantota 1331 13.68 1427 13.89 1351 12.78 1269 11.84 1498 13.30

Jaffna 1027 11.50 1120 12.39 1196 12.69 1261 13.41 1187 12.42

Kilinochchi 110 4.93 159 6.84 167 6.70 194 8.05 195 7.90

Mannar 124 6.81 171 9.42 182 8.55 160 7.57 124 5.83

Vavuniya 297 10.49 357 13.10 332 11.78 331 11.69 340 11.65

Mullativu 93 5.69 131 7.79 187 9.86 202 9.57 179 7.99

Batticaloa 943 10.63 887 9.73 887 9.43 879 8.25 921 8.44

Ampara 1311 11.93 1267 10.93 1042 9.04 1058 8.17 1219 8.87

Trincomalee 508 7.62 533 7.50 451 6.43 563 7.32 509 6.06

Kurunegala 3291 13.36 3211 12.43 3324 12.62 3057 11.34 3180 11.57

Puttalam 1115 9.59 1051 8.85 1065 8.68 1092 8.73 1088 8.46

Anuradhapura 1475 10.30 1483 9.86 1502 9.91 1514 9.79 1575 9.81

Polonnaruwa 807 12.76 730 10.91 632 9.28 683 9.48 792 10.99

Badulla 1453 10.69 1565 10.85 1401 9.68 1457 10.07 1556 10.66

Monaragala 748 10.28 664 8.54 649 8.16 715 9.06 861 10.10

Ratnapura 1901 11.93 2116 12.32 2081 12.07 1904 11.07 2136 11.75

Kegalle 1498 11.65 1390 10.56 1549 11.54 1361 10.09 1394 10.07

Island 33383 10.76 32617 10.12 32735 9.99 31853 9.55 32646 9.50

2016 District

2013 20142012 2015

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2.7 Performance of Candidates by District - 2016

Table 6 :

Grade 5 Scholarship Examination - 2016Distribution of Candidates who sat the examination, Above Cut Off,

Obtained marks above 100 and above 70 by District

* Percentage is calculated based on the number sat of each district

No. % No. % No. %

Colombo 33247 2856 8.59 25374 76.32 17071 51.35

Gampaha 31273 3040 9.72 24970 79.85 17297 55.31

Kalutara 19954 1755 8.80 15348 76.92 10289 51.56

Kandy 22565 1632 7.23 17425 77.22 11428 50.64

Matale 8136 599 7.36 6166 75.79 4071 50.04

Nuwara Eliya 13732 885 6.44 8846 64.42 4976 36.24

Galle 18356 1659 9.04 14749 80.35 10079 54.91

Matara 14131 1466 10.37 11469 81.16 7943 56.21

Hambantota 11262 1498 13.30 9305 82.62 6697 59.47

Jaffna 9554 1187 12.42 6991 73.17 4652 48.69

Kilinochchi 2469 195 7.90 1582 64.07 924 37.42

Mannar 2126 124 5.83 1397 65.71 736 34.62

Vavuniya 2919 340 11.65 2058 70.50 1272 43.58

Mullaitivu 2241 179 7.99 1484 66.22 880 39.27

Batticaloa 10913 921 8.44 6406 58.70 3909 35.82

Ampara 13741 1219 8.87 9440 68.70 5828 42.41

Trincomalee 8400 509 6.06 4638 55.21 2710 32.26

Kurunegala 27478 3180 11.57 23252 84.62 16843 61.30

Puttalam 12853 1088 8.46 9219 71.73 5823 45.30

Anuradhapura 16063 1575 9.81 12179 75.82 8027 49.97

Polonnaruwa 7205 792 10.99 5534 76.81 3752 52.07

Badulla 14600 1556 10.66 10866 74.42 7177 49.16

Monaragala 8526 861 10.10 6239 73.18 4020 47.15

Ratnapura 18175 2136 11.75 14010 77.08 9714 53.45

Kegalle 13838 1394 10.07 11183 80.81 7794 56.32

Island 343757 32646 9.50 260130 75.67 173912 50.59

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2.8 Performance of Candidates by District, Arranged in Descending Order


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Hambantota 13.30

Jaffna 12.42

Ratnapura 11.75

Vavuniya 11.65

Kurunegala 11.57

Polonnaruwa 10.99

Badulla 10.66

Matara 10.37

Monaragala 10.10

Kegalle 10.07

Anuradhapura 9.81

Gampaha 9.72

Galle 9.04

Ampara 8.87

Kalutara 8.80

Colombo 8.59

Puttalam 8.46

Batticaloa 8.44

Mullaitivu 7.99

Kilinochchi 7.90

Matale 7.36

Kandy 7.23

Nuwara Eliya 6.44

Trincomalee 6.06

Mannar 5.83

Island 9.50

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Kurunegala 84.62

Hambantota 82.62

Matara 81.16

Kegalle 80.81

Galle 80.35

Gampaha 79.85

Kandy 77.22

Ratnapura 77.08

Kalutara 76.92

Polonnaruwa 76.81

Colombo 76.32

Anuradhapura 75.82

Matale 75.79

Badulla 74.42

Monaragala 73.18

Jaffna 73.17

Puttalam 71.73

Vavuniya 70.50

Ampara 68.70

Mullaitivu 66.22

Mannar 65.71

Nuwara Eliya 64.42

Kilinochchi 64.07

Batticaloa 58.70

Trincomalee 55.21

Island 75.67

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Kurunegala 61.30

Hambantota 59.47

Kegalle 56.32

Matara 56.21

Gampaha 55.31

Galle 54.91

Ratnapura 53.45

Polonnaruwa 52.07

Kalutara 51.56

Colombo 51.35

Kandy 50.64

Matale 50.04

Anuradhapura 49.97

Badulla 49.16

Jaffna 48.69

Monaragala 47.15

Puttalam 45.30

Vavuniya 43.58

Ampara 42.41

Mullaitivu 39.27

Kilinochchi 37.42

Nuwara Eliya 36.24

Batticaloa 35.82

Mannar 34.62

Trincomalee 32.26

Island 50.59


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Table 7.1


marks 100 and above by District *

Table 7.2


marks 70 and above by District *

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* Percentage is calculated based on the number sat of each District

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2.9 Performance of Candidates by Province and Income Level

Table 8 :

Figure 6 :

No. % No. %

Western 34882 4783 13.7 49592 2868 5.8

Central 14497 1782 12.3 29936 1334 4.5

Southern 12683 2393 18.9 31066 2230 7.2

Northern 2743 845 30.8 16566 1180 7.1

Eastern 6516 1241 19.0 26538 1408 5.3

North Western 11595 2370 20.4 28736 1898 6.6

North Central 8206 1294 15.8 15062 1073 7.1

Uva 6696 1367 20.4 16430 1050 6.4

Sabaragamuwa 7552 1589 21.0 24461 1941 7.9

Island 105370 17664 16.8 238387 14982 6.3

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2.10 Performance of Candidates by Province and Gender

Table 9 :

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No. % No. %

Western 42881 3785 8.8 41593 3866 9.3

Central 22274 1501 6.7 22159 1615 7.3

Southern 22109 2297 10.4 21640 2326 10.7

Northern 9775 1036 10.6 9534 989 10.4

Eastern 16690 1317 7.9 16364 1332 8.1

North Western 20347 2135 10.5 19984 2133 10.7

North Central 11628 1207 10.4 11640 1160 10.0

Uva 11535 1146 9.9 11591 1271 11.0

Sabaragamuwa 16165 1778 11.0 15848 1752 11.1

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2.12 Performance of Candidates by Education Zone - 2016

Table 11 :Grade 5 Scholarship Examination - 2016

Distribution of Candidates who sat the examination, Above Cut Off Obtained marks above 100 and above 70 by Education Zone

Number % Number % Number %

1 Colombo 13,302 992 7.46 6,158 46.29 9512 71.51

2 Jayawardanapura 8,165 741 9.08 4,584 56.14 6,669 81.68

3 Homagama 5,508 647 11.75 3,223 58.51 4,490 81.52

4 Piliyandala 6,272 476 7.59 3,106 49.52 4,703 74.98

5 Gampaha 8,395 1,182 14.08 5,456 64.99 7,214 85.93

6 Kelaniya 8,645 753 8.71 4,461 51.60 6,752 78.10

7 Minuwangoda 6,506 669 10.28 3,788 58.22 5,260 80.85

8 Negombo 7,727 436 5.64 3,592 46.49 5,744 74.34

9 Kalutara 10,049 703 7.00 4,755 47.32 7,375 73.39

10 Matugama 3,672 341 9.29 2,007 54.66 2,953 80.42

11 Horana 6,233 711 11.41 3,527 56.59 5,020 80.54

12 Kandy 6,460 634 9.81 3,783 58.56 5,343 82.71

13 Denuwara 2,611 148 5.67 1,343 51.44 2,064 79.05

14 Gampola 4,391 282 6.42 1,947 44.34 3,126 71.19

15 Teldeniya 2,285 126 5.51 1,046 45.78 1,698 74.31

16 Wattegama 3,118 204 6.54 1,512 48.49 2,372 76.07

17 Katugastota 3,700 238 6.43 1,797 48.57 2,822 76.27

18 Matale 3,858 286 7.41 1,887 48.91 2,894 75.01

19 Galewela 2,913 215 7.38 1,513 51.94 2,231 76.59

20 Naula 677 35 5.17 298 44.02 489 72.23

21 Wilgamuwa 688 63 9.16 373 54.22 552 80.23

22 Nuwara Eliya 4,098 195 4.76 1,156 28.21 2,275 55.51

23 Kotmale 1,862 143 7.68 762 40.92 1,261 67.72

24 Hatton 4,134 276 6.68 1,527 36.94 2,724 65.89

25 Walapane 1,827 111 6.08 687 37.60 1,243 68.04

26 Hanguranketha 1,811 160 8.83 844 46.60 1,343 74.16

27 Galle 7,985 794 9.94 4,461 55.87 6,428 80.50

28 Elpitiya 4,147 361 8.71 2,290 55.22 3,330 80.30

29 Ambalangoda 3,855 278 7.21 2,016 52.30 3,099 80.39

30 Udugama 2,369 226 9.54 1,312 55.38 1,892 79.86

31 Matara 5,759 662 11.50 3,232 56.12 4,647 80.69

32 Akuressa 2,734 304 11.12 1,583 57.90 2,259 82.63

33 Mulatiyana 2,817 312 11.08 1,723 61.16 2,393 84.95

34 Morawaka 2,821 188 6.66 1,405 49.81 2,170 76.92

35 Tangalle 3,238 531 16.40 2,091 64.58 2,771 85.58

36 Hambantota 5,159 551 10.68 2,824 54.74 4,085 79.18

37 Walasmulla 2,865 416 14.52 1,782 62.20 2,449 85.48

38 Jaffna 3,010 573 19.04 1,696 56.35 2,361 78.44

39 Islands 774 31 4.01 275 35.53 512 66.15

40 Thenmarachchi 969 91 9.39 489 50.46 746 76.99

41 Valikamam 2,979 277 9.30 1,263 42.40 2,000 67.14

42 Vadamarachchy 1,822 215 11.80 929 50.99 1,372 75.30

43 Kilinochchi 2,469 195 7.90 924 37.42 1,582 64.07

44 Mannar 1,771 107 6.04 617 34.84 1,181 66.69

45 Madhu 355 17 4.79 119 33.52 216 60.85

46 Vavuniya South 2,407 288 11.97 1,056 43.87 1,708 70.96

47 Vavuniya north 512 52 10.16 216 42.19 350 68.36

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Grade 5 Scholarship Examination - 2016Distribution of Candidates who sat the examination, Above Cut Off

Obtained marks above 100 and above 70 by Education Zone

Number % Number % Number %

48 Mullaitivu 1,645 154 9.36 712 43.28 1,118 67.96

49 Thunukkai 603 25 4.15 169 28.03 369 61.19

50 Batticaloa 2,120 294 13.87 985 46.46 1,519 71.65

51 Kalkudah 2,399 114 4.75 523 21.80 974 40.60

52 Paddirippu 1,813 123 6.78 603 33.26 1,087 59.96

53 Batticaloa Central 3,291 347 10.54 1,451 44.09 2,165 65.79

54 Batticaloa West 1,290 43 3.33 347 26.90 661 51.24

55 Ampara 2,983 318 10.66 1,550 51.96 2,329 78.08

56 Kalmunai 3,111 307 9.87 1,208 38.83 2,048 65.83

57 Sammanthurai 2,001 122 6.10 678 33.88 1,186 59.27

58 Mahaoya 833 46 5.52 268 32.17 553 66.39

59 Dehiattakandiya 1,091 71 6.51 501 45.92 828 75.89

60 Akkaraipattu 2,452 233 9.50 1070 43.64 1654 67.46

61 Thirukkovil 1,270 122 9.61 553 43.54 842 66.30

62 Trincomalee 2,844 267 9.39 1,193 41.95 1,857 65.30

63 Muthur 1,831 132 7.21 597 32.61 983 53.69

64 Kantale 1,217 70 5.75 469 38.54 832 68.36

65 Kinniya 2,018 24 1.19 305 15.11 699 34.64

66 Trincomalee North 490 16 3.27 146 29.80 267 54.49

67 Kurunegala 6,255 719 11.49 3,902 62.38 5,348 85.50

68 Kuliyapitiya 4,815 641 13.31 3,028 62.89 4,154 86.27

69 Nikaweratiya 3,718 484 13.02 2,468 66.38 3,291 88.52

70 Maho 4,638 500 10.78 2,729 58.84 3,798 81.89

71 Giriullla 4,516 549 12.16 2,809 62.20 3,833 84.88

72 Ibbagamuwa 3,536 287 8.12 1,907 53.93 2,828 79.98

73 Puttalam 6,689 473 7.07 2,571 38.44 4,317 64.54

74 Chilaw 6,164 615 9.98 3,252 52.76 4,902 79.53

75 Anuradhapura 5,083 471 9.27 2,492 49.03 3,789 74.54

76 Thambuttegama 3,039 402 13.23 1,760 57.91 2,459 80.91

77 Kekirawa 3,292 342 10.39 1,656 50.30 2,508 76.18

78 Galenbindunuwewa 2,101 183 8.71 992 47.22 1,577 75.06

79 Kebithigollewa 2,541 177 6.97 1,126 44.31 1,843 72.53

80 Polonnaruwa 2,258 321 14.22 1283 56.82 1,801 79.76

81 Hingurakgoda 3,081 329 10.68 1625 52.74 2,368 76.86

82 Dimbulagala 1,866 142 7.61 844 45.23 1,365 73.15

83 Badulla 3,370 424 12.58 1,813 53.80 2,621 77.77

84 Bandarawela 3,411 435 12.75 1875 54.97 2,673 78.36

85 Mahiyanganaya 2,406 262 10.89 1,121 46.59 1,747 72.61

86 Welimada 2,793 250 8.95 1,264 45.26 2,012 72.04

87 Passara 1,507 108 7.17 607 40.28 1,009 66.95

88 Viyaluwa 1,113 77 6.92 497 44.65 804 72.24

89 Monaragala 3,505 384 10.96 1,698 48.45 2,578 73.55

90 Wellawaya 3,039 301 9.90 1,464 48.17 2,279 74.99

91 Bibile 1,982 176 8.88 858 43.29 1,382 69.73

92 Ratnapura 6,953 859 12.35 3,742 53.82 5,366 77.18

93 Balangoda 3,315 451 13.60 1843 55.60 2,599 78.40

94 Nivitigala 3,071 270 8.79 1,467 47.77 2,198 71.57

95 Embilipitiya 4,836 556 11.50 2662 55.05 3,847 79.55

96 Kegalle 5,201 672 12.92 3366 64.72 4,509 86.69

97 Mawanella 4,194 408 9.73 2349 56.01 3,440 82.02

98 Dehiowita 4,443 314 7.07 2,079 46.79 3,234 72.79

343,757 32,646 9.50 173,912 50.59 260,130 75.67

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2.13 Performance of Candidates by Education Zone Arranged in Descending Order - 2016


Percentage Distribution of Candidates who obtained marks above cut off by Education Zone *

Table 12.1

Above Cut off

%

1 Jaffna 19.04

2 Tangalle 16.40

3 Walasmulla 14.52

4 Polonnaruwa 14.22

5 Gampaha 14.08

6 Batticaloa 13.87

7 Balangoda 13.60

8 Kuliyapitiya 13.31

9 Thambuttegama 13.23

10 Nikaweratiya 13.02

11 Kegalle 12.92

12 Bandarawela 12.75

13 Badulla 12.58

14 Ratnapura 12.35

15 Giriullla 12.16

16 Vavuniya South 11.97

17 Vadamarachchy 11.80

18 Homagama 11.75

19 Embilipitiya 11.50

20 Matara 11.50

21 Kurunegala 11.49

22 Horana 11.41

23 Akuressa 11.12

24 Mulatiyana 11.08

25 Monaragala 10.96

26 Mahiyanganaya 10.89

27 Maho 10.78

28 Hambantota 10.68

29 Hingurakgoda 10.68

30 Ampara 10.66

31 Batticaloa Central 10.54

32 Kekirawa 10.39

33 Minuwangoda 10.28

34 Vavuniya north 10.16

35 Chilaw 9.98

36 Galle 9.94

37 Wellawaya 9.90

38 Kalmunai 9.87

39 Kandy 9.81

40 Mawanella 9.73

41 Thirukkovil 9.61

42 Udugama 9.54

43 Akkaraipattu 9.50

44 Thenmarachchi 9.39

45 Trincomalee 9.39

46 Mullaitivu 9.36

47 Valikamam 9.30

48 Matugama 9.29

49 Anuradhapura 9.27

50 Wilgamuwa 9.16

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51 Jayawardanapura 9.08

52 Welimada 8.95

53 Bibile 8.88

54 Hanguranketha 8.83

55 Nivitigala 8.79

56 Kelaniya 8.71

57 Galenbindunuwewa 8.71

58 Elpitiya 8.71

59 Ibbagamuwa 8.12

60 Kilinochchi 7.90

61 Kotmale 7.68

62 Dimbulagala 7.61

63 Piliyandala 7.59

64 Colombo 7.46

65 Matale 7.41

66 Galewela 7.38

67 Ambalangoda 7.21

68 Muthur 7.21

69 Passara 7.17

70 Puttalam 7.07

71 Dehiowita 7.07

72 Kalutara 7.00

73 Kebithigollewa 6.97

74 Viyaluwa 6.92

75 Paddirippu 6.78

76 Hatton 6.68

77 Morawaka 6.66

78 Wattegama 6.54

79 Dehiattakandiya 6.51

80 Katugastota 6.43

81 Gampola 6.42

82 Sammanthurai 6.10

83 Walapane 6.08

84 Mannar 6.04

85 Kantale 5.75

86 Denuwara 5.67

87 Negombo 5.64

88 Mahaoya 5.52

89 Teldeniya 5.51

90 Naula 5.17

91 Madhu 4.79

92 Nuwara Eliya 4.76

93 Kalkudah 4.75

94 Thunukkai 4.15

95 Islands 4.01

96 Batticaloa West 3.33

97 Trincomalee North 3.27

98 Kinniya 1.19

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Percentage Distribution of Candidates who obtained marks 100 and above by Education Zone *

Table 12.2


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2 Gampaha 64.99

3 Kegalle 64.72

4 Tangalle 64.58


6 Kurunegala 62.38

7 Giriullla 62.20

8 Walasmulla 62.20

9 Mulatiyana 61.16

10 Maho 58.84

11 Kandy 58.56

12 Homagama 58.51



15 Akuressa 57.90

16 Polonnaruwa 56.82

17 Horana 56.59

18 Jaffna 56.35


20 Matara 56.12

21 Mawanella 56.01

22 Galle 55.87

23 Balangoda 55.60

24 Udugama 55.38

25 Elpitiya 55.22



28 Hambantota 54.74

29 Matugama 54.66

30 Wilgamuwa 54.22

31 Ibbagamuwa 53.93

32 Ratnapura 53.82

33 Badulla 53.80

34 Chilaw 52.76


36 Ambalangoda 52.30

37 Ampara 51.96

38 Galewela 51.94

39 Kelaniya 51.60

40 Denuwara 51.44



43 Kekirawa 50.30

44 Morawaka 49.81

45 Piliyandala 49.52


47 Matale 48.91

48 Katugastota 48.57

49 Wattegama 48.49

50 Monaragala 48.45

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51 Wellawaya 48.17

52 Nivitigala 47.77

53 Kalutara 47.32


55 Dehiowita 46.79



58 Negombo 46.49

59 Batticaloa 46.46

60 Colombo 46.29


62 Teldeniya 45.78

63 Welimada 45.26

64 Dimbulagala 45.23

65 Viyaluwa 44.65

66 Gampola 44.34



69 Naula 44.02



72 Thirukkovil 43.54

73 Bibile 43.29

74 Mullaitivu 43.28

75 Valikamam 42.40


77 Trincomalee 41.95

78 Kotmale 40.92

79 Passara 40.28

80 Kalmunai 38.83

81 Kantale 38.54

82 Puttalam 38.44

83 Walapane 37.60

84 Kilinochchi 37.42

85 Hatton 36.94

86 Islands 35.53

87 Mannar 34.84


89 Madhu 33.52

90 Paddirippu 33.26

91 Muthur 32.61

92 Mahaoya 32.17



95 Thunukkai 28.03


97 Kalkudah 21.80

98 Kinniya 15.11

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Percentage Distribution of Candidates who obtained marks 70 and above by Education Zone *

Table 12.3


Obtained marks

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2 Kegalle 86.69


4 Gampaha 85.93

5 Tangalle 85.58

6 Kurunegala 85.50

7 Walasmulla 85.48

8 Mulatiyana 84.95

9 Giriullla 84.88

10 Kandy 82.71

11 Akuressa 82.63

12 Mawanella 82.02

13 Maho 81.89


15 Homagama 81.52



18 Matara 80.69

19 Horana 80.54

20 Galle 80.50

21 Matugama 80.42

22 Ambalangoda 80.39

23 Elpitiya 80.30

24 Wilgamuwa 80.23

25 Ibbagamuwa 79.98

26 Udugama 79.86

27 Polonnaruwa 79.76


29 Chilaw 79.53

30 Hambantota 79.18

31 Denuwara 79.05

32 Jaffna 78.44

33 Balangoda 78.40


35 Kelaniya 78.10

36 Ampara 78.08

37 Badulla 77.77

38 Ratnapura 77.18


40 Morawaka 76.92


42 Galewela 76.59

43 Katugastota 76.27

44 Kekirawa 76.18

45 Wattegama 76.07




49 Matale 75.01

50 Wellawaya 74.99

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51 Piliyandala 74.98


53 Negombo 74.34

54 Teldeniya 74.31


56 Monaragala 73.55

57 Kalutara 73.39

58 Dimbulagala 73.15

59 Dehiowita 72.79



62 Viyaluwa 72.24

63 Naula 72.23

64 Welimada 72.04

65 Batticaloa 71.65

66 Nivitigala 71.57

67 Colombo 71.51

68 Gampola 71.19


70 Bibile 69.73

71 Kantale 68.36


73 Walapane 68.04

74 Mullaitivu 67.96

75 Kotmale 67.72


77 Valikamam 67.14

78 Passara 66.95

79 Mannar 66.69

80 Mahaoya 66.39

81 Thirukkovil 66.30

82 Islands 66.15

83 Hatton 65.89

84 Kalmunai 65.83


86 Trincomalee 65.30

87 Puttalam 64.54

88 Kilinochchi 64.07

89 Thunukkai 61.19

90 Madhu 60.85

91 Paddirippu 59.96




95 Muthur 53.69


97 Kalkudah 40.60

98 Kinniya 34.64

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3.1 Comparison of Distribution of Total Marks - 2015 & 2016

Table 13 :Grade 5 Scholarship Examination - 2015 & 2016

Distribution of Frequencies of Total Marks by Year

Figure 18 :

F % CF % F % CF %

191 - 200 97 0.03 333672 100.00 51 0.01 343757 100.00

181 - 190 1358 0.41 333575 99.95 1349 0.39 343706 99.98

171 - 180 7082 2.12 332217 99.55 6548 1.90 342357 99.58

161 - 170 16223 4.86 325135 97.42 15043 4.38 335809 97.68

151 - 160 24119 7.23 308912 92.56 22755 6.62 320766 93.30

141 - 150 29251 8.77 284793 85.33 27237 7.92 298011 86.68

131 - 140 31366 9.40 255542 76.57 28962 8.43 270774 78.76

121 - 130 31511 9.44 224176 67.17 30181 8.78 241812 70.33

111 - 120 30638 9.18 192665 57.72 30820 8.97 211631 61.55

101 - 110 28986 8.69 162027 48.54 31689 9.22 180811 52.59

91 - 100 27096 8.12 133041 39.86 32807 9.54 149122 43.37

81 - 90 25170 7.54 105945 31.73 31291 9.10 116315 33.83

71 - 80 22770 6.82 80775 24.19 27575 8.02 85024 24.72

61 - 70 19704 5.91 58005 17.37 22649 6.59 57449 16.70

51 - 60 16597 4.97 38301 11.46 18021 5.24 34800 10.11

41 - 50 12458 3.73 21704 6.49 11218 3.26 16779 4.87

31 - 40 6644 1.99 9246 2.75 4140 1.20 5561 1.61

21 - 30 1859 0.56 2602 0.76 915 0.27 1421 0.40

11 - 20 459 0.14 743 0.21 309 0.09 506 0.14

01 - 10 228 0.07 284 0.07 163 0.05 197 0.05

00 - 00 56 0.02 56 0.00 34 0.01 34 0.00

Mean 107.86109.50

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F : Frequency CF : Cumulative Frequency

F % CF % F % CF % F % CF %

90 - 100 894 0.91 98291 100.00 384 0.18 212036 100.00 1278 0.41 310327 100.00

80 - 89 7553 7.68 97397 99.09 5177 2.44 211652 99.82 12730 4.10 309049 99.59

70 - 79 14358 14.61 89844 91.41 14271 6.73 206475 97.38 28629 9.23 296319 95.49

60 - 69 16242 16.52 75486 76.80 21971 10.36 192204 90.65 38213 12.31 267690 86.26

50 - 59 15857 16.13 59244 60.27 27751 13.09 170233 80.28 43608 14.05 229477 73.95

40 - 49 15396 15.66 43387 44.14 33957 16.01 142482 67.20 49353 15.90 185869 59.89

30 - 39 13727 13.97 27991 28.48 39202 18.49 108525 51.18 52929 17.06 136516 43.99

20 - 29 9051 9.21 14264 14.51 36398 17.17 69323 32.69 45449 14.65 83587 26.94

10 - 19 4164 4.24 5213 5.30 24756 11.68 32925 15.53 28920 9.32 38138 12.29

01 - 09 1025 1.04 1049 1.07 7902 3.73 8169 3.85 8927 2.88 9218 2.97

00 - 00 24 0.02 24 0.02 267 0.13 267 0.13 291 0.09 291 0.09

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3.2 Distribution of Frequencies of Marks for Paper I by Income Level

Table 14 :

Grade 5 Scholarship Examination - 2016Distribution of Frequencies of Marks for the Paper I by Income Level

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Percentage Distribution of Frequencies of Marks for paper I by Income Level

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90 - 100 1542 1.46 105370 100.00 841 0.35 238383 100.00 2383 0.69 343753 100.00

80 - 89 10381 9.85 103828 98.54 8242 3.46 237542 99.65 18623 5.42 341370 99.31

70 - 79 20305 19.27 93447 88.68 23645 9.92 229300 96.19 43950 12.79 322747 93.89

60 - 69 24459 23.21 73142 69.41 41519 17.42 205655 86.27 65978 19.19 278797 81.10

50 - 59 23797 22.58 48683 46.20 60866 25.53 164136 68.85 84663 24.63 212819 61.91

40 - 49 16953 16.09 24886 23.62 61738 25.90 103270 43.32 78691 22.89 128156 37.28

30 - 39 6605 6.27 7933 7.53 32899 13.80 41532 17.42 39504 11.49 49465 14.39

20 - 29 1195 1.13 1328 1.26 7609 3.19 8633 3.62 8804 2.56 9961 2.90

10 - 19 106 0.10 133 0.13 814 0.34 1024 0.43 920 0.27 1157 0.34

01 - 09 18 0.02 27 0.03 163 0.07 210 0.09 181 0.05 237 0.07

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3.3 Distribution of Frequencies of Marks for Paper II by Income Level

Table 15 : Grade 5 Scholarship Examination - 2016

Distribution of Frequencies of Marks for Paper II by Income Level

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F % CF % F % CF % F % CF %

90 - 100 3535 3.35 105369 100.00 2163 0.91 238386 100.00 5698 1.66 343755 100.00

80 - 89 18969 18.00 101834 96.65 17965 7.54 236223 99.09 36934 10.74 338057 98.34

70 - 79 22749 21.59 82865 78.64 31101 13.05 218258 91.56 53850 15.67 301123 87.60

60 - 69 17833 16.92 60116 57.05 33158 13.91 187157 78.51 50991 14.83 247273 71.93

50 - 59 14240 13.51 42283 40.13 34138 14.32 153999 64.60 48378 14.07 196282 57.10

40 - 49 11541 10.95 28043 26.61 34747 14.58 119861 50.28 46288 13.47 147904 43.03

30 - 39 8230 7.81 16502 15.66 32465 13.62 85114 35.70 40695 11.84 101616 29.56

20 - 29 5166 4.90 8272 7.85 27112 11.37 52649 22.09 32278 9.39 60921 17.72

10 - 19 2588 2.46 3106 2.95 20472 8.59 25537 10.71 23060 6.71 28643 8.33

01 - 09 487 0.46 518 0.49 4901 2.06 5065 2.12 5388 1.57 5583 1.62

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3.4 Distribution of Frequencies of Total Marks by Income Level

Table 16 :

Grade 5 Scholarship Examination - 2016Distribution of Frequencies of Total Marks by Income Level

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180 - 200 1192 1.13 105370 100.00 568 0.24 238387 100.00 1760 0.51 343757 100.00

160 - 179 13084 12.42 104178 98.87 10164 4.26 237819 99.76 23248 6.76 341997 99.49

140 - 159 23163 21.98 91094 86.45 27640 11.59 227655 95.50 50803 14.78 318749 92.73

120 - 139 21855 20.74 67931 64.47 37538 15.75 200015 83.90 59393 17.28 267946 77.95

100 - 119 18598 17.65 46076 43.73 44138 18.52 162477 68.16 62736 18.25 208553 60.67

80 - 99 14839 14.08 27478 26.08 48978 20.55 118339 49.64 63817 18.56 145817 42.42

60 - 79 8826 8.38 12639 11.99 40399 16.95 69361 29.10 49225 14.32 82000 23.85

40 - 59 3319 3.15 3813 3.62 24611 10.32 28962 12.15 27930 8.12 32775 9.53

20 - 39 451 0.43 494 0.47 3957 1.66 4351 1.83 4408 1.28 4845 1.41

01 - 19 36 0.03 43 0.04 367 0.15 394 0.17 403 0.12 437 0.13

00 - 00 7 0.01 7 0.01 27 0.01 27 0.01 34 0.01 34 0.01

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F % CF % F % CF % F % CF %

90 - 100 894 0.91 98291 100.00 384 0.18 212036 100.00 1278 0.41 310327 100.00

80 - 89 7553 7.68 97397 99.09 5177 2.44 211652 99.82 12730 4.10 309049 99.59

70 - 79 14358 14.61 89844 91.41 14271 6.73 206475 97.38 28629 9.23 296319 95.49

60 - 69 16242 16.52 75486 76.80 21971 10.36 192204 90.65 38213 12.31 267690 86.26

50 - 59 15857 16.13 59244 60.27 27751 13.09 170233 80.28 43608 14.05 229477 73.95

40 - 49 15396 15.66 43387 44.14 33957 16.01 142482 67.20 49353 15.90 185869 59.89

30 - 39 13727 13.97 27991 28.48 39202 18.49 108525 51.18 52929 17.06 136516 43.99

20 - 29 9051 9.21 14264 14.51 36398 17.17 69323 32.69 45449 14.65 83587 26.94

10 - 19 4164 4.24 5213 5.30 24756 11.68 32925 15.53 28920 9.32 38138 12.29

01 - 09 1025 1.04 1049 1.07 7902 3.73 8169 3.85 8927 2.88 9218 2.97

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3.5 Distribution of Frequencies of Marks for Paper I by Medium

Table 17 :

Grade 5 Scholarship Examination - 2016Distribution of Frequencies of Marks for Paper I by Medium

Figure 22 :

F % CF % F % CF % F % CF %

90 - 100 2175 0.84 257723 100.00 208 0.24 86030 100.00 2383 0.69 343753 100.00

80 - 89 16461 6.39 255548 99.16 2162 2.51 85822 99.76 18623 5.42 341370 99.31

70 - 79 37348 14.49 239087 92.77 6602 7.67 83660 97.25 43950 12.79 322747 93.89

60 - 69 53349 20.70 201739 78.28 12629 14.68 77058 89.57 65978 19.19 278797 81.10

50 - 59 64015 24.84 148390 57.58 20648 24.00 64429 74.89 84663 24.63 212819 61.91

40 - 49 54598 21.18 84375 32.74 24093 28.01 43781 50.89 78691 22.89 128156 37.28

30 - 39 24380 9.46 29777 11.55 15124 17.58 19688 22.89 39504 11.49 49465 14.39

20 - 29 4705 1.83 5397 2.09 4099 4.76 4564 5.31 8804 2.56 9961 2.90

10 - 19 513 0.20 692 0.27 407 0.47 465 0.54 920 0.27 1157 0.34

01 - 09 135 0.05 179 0.07 46 0.05 58 0.07 181 0.05 237 0.07

00 - 00 44 0.02 44 0.02 12 0.01 12 0.01 56 0.02 56 0.02

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3.6 Frequency Distribution of Marks of Paper II by Medium

Table 18 :

Grade 5 Scholarship Examination - 2016Distribution of Frequencies of Marks for Paper II by Medium

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90 - 100 4857 1.88 257723 100.00 841 0.98 86032 100.00 5698 1.66 343755 100.00

80 - 89 30993 12.03 252866 98.12 5941 6.91 85191 99.02 36934 10.74 338057 98.34

70 - 79 44620 17.31 221873 86.09 9230 10.73 79250 92.12 53850 15.67 301123 87.60

60 - 69 41414 16.07 177253 68.78 9577 11.13 70020 81.39 50991 14.83 247273 71.93

50 - 59 38057 14.77 135839 52.71 10321 12.00 60443 70.26 48378 14.07 196282 57.10

40 - 49 34952 13.56 97782 37.94 11336 13.18 50122 58.26 46288 13.47 147904 43.03

30 - 39 28488 11.05 62830 24.38 12207 14.19 38786 45.08 40695 11.84 101616 29.56

20 - 29 19807 7.69 34342 13.33 12471 14.50 26579 30.89 32278 9.39 60921 17.72

10 - 19 11709 4.54 14535 5.64 11351 13.19 14108 16.40 23060 6.71 28643 8.33

01 - 09 2675 1.04 2826 1.10 2713 3.15 2757 3.20 5388 1.57 5583 1.62

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3.7 Distribution of Frequencies of Total Marks by Medium

Table 19 :

Grade 5 Scholarship Examination - 2016Distribution of Frequencies of Total Marks by Medium

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180 - 200 1572 0.61 257724 100.00 188 0.22 86033 100.00 1760 0.51 343757 100.00

160 - 179 20309 7.88 256152 99.39 2939 3.42 85845 99.78 23248 6.76 341997 99.49

140 - 159 42499 16.49 235843 91.51 8304 9.65 82906 96.37 50803 14.78 318749 92.73

120 - 139 48324 18.75 193344 75.02 11069 12.87 74602 86.71 59393 17.28 267946 77.95

100 - 119 48908 18.98 145020 56.27 13828 16.07 63533 73.85 62736 18.25 208553 60.67

80 - 99 46863 18.18 96112 37.29 16954 19.71 49705 57.77 63817 18.56 145817 42.42

60 - 79 32159 12.48 49249 19.11 17066 19.84 32751 38.07 49225 14.32 82000 23.85

40 - 59 14673 5.69 17090 6.63 13257 15.41 15685 18.23 27930 8.12 32775 9.53

20 - 39 2093 0.81 2417 0.94 2315 2.69 2428 2.82 4408 1.28 4845 1.41

01 - 19 294 0.11 324 0.13 109 0.13 113 0.13 403 0.12 437 0.13

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90 - 100 894 0.91 98291 100.00 384 0.18 212036 100.00 1278 0.41 310327 100.00

80 - 89 7553 7.68 97397 99.09 5177 2.44 211652 99.82 12730 4.10 309049 99.59

70 - 79 14358 14.61 89844 91.41 14271 6.73 206475 97.38 28629 9.23 296319 95.49

60 - 69 16242 16.52 75486 76.80 21971 10.36 192204 90.65 38213 12.31 267690 86.26

50 - 59 15857 16.13 59244 60.27 27751 13.09 170233 80.28 43608 14.05 229477 73.95

40 - 49 15396 15.66 43387 44.14 33957 16.01 142482 67.20 49353 15.90 185869 59.89

30 - 39 13727 13.97 27991 28.48 39202 18.49 108525 51.18 52929 17.06 136516 43.99

20 - 29 9051 9.21 14264 14.51 36398 17.17 69323 32.69 45449 14.65 83587 26.94

10 - 19 4164 4.24 5213 5.30 24756 11.68 32925 15.53 28920 9.32 38138 12.29

01 - 09 1025 1.04 1049 1.07 7902 3.73 8169 3.85 8927 2.88 9218 2.97

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3.8 Distribution of Frequencies of Marks for Paper I by Gender

Table 20 :

Grade 5 Scholarship Examination - 2016Distribution of Frequencies of Marks for Paper I by Gender

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70 - 79 21505 12.40 162336 93.62 22445 13.18 160411 94.16 43950 12.79 322747 93.89

60 - 69 32281 18.62 140831 81.22 33697 19.78 137966 80.99 65978 19.19 278797 81.10

50 - 59 41922 24.18 108550 62.60 42741 25.09 104269 61.21 84663 24.63 212819 61.91

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20 - 29 5067 2.92 5854 3.38 3737 2.19 4107 2.41 8804 2.56 9961 2.90

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3.9 Distribution of Frequencies of Marks for Paper II by Gender

Table 21 :

Grade 5 Scholarship Examination - 2016Distribution of Frequencies of Marks for Paper II by Gender

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60 - 69 23695 13.66 129270 74.55 27296 16.02 118003 69.27 50991 14.83 247273 71.93

50 - 59 23120 13.33 105575 60.88 25258 14.83 90707 53.25 48378 14.07 196282 57.10

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30 - 39 21693 12.51 59666 34.41 19002 11.15 41950 24.63 40695 11.84 101616 29.56

20 - 29 18851 10.87 37973 21.90 13427 7.88 22948 13.47 32278 9.39 60921 17.72

10 - 19 15018 8.66 19122 11.03 8042 4.72 9521 5.59 23060 6.71 28643 8.33

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3.10 Distribution of Frequencies of Total Marks by Gender

Table 22 :

Grade 5 Scholarship Examination - 2016Distribution of Frequencies of Total Marks by Gender

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80 - 89 7553 7.68 97397 99.09 5177 2.44 211652 99.82 12730 4.10 309049 99.59

70 - 79 14358 14.61 89844 91.41 14271 6.73 206475 97.38 28629 9.23 296319 95.49

60 - 69 16242 16.52 75486 76.80 21971 10.36 192204 90.65 38213 12.31 267690 86.26

50 - 59 15857 16.13 59244 60.27 27751 13.09 170233 80.28 43608 14.05 229477 73.95

40 - 49 15396 15.66 43387 44.14 33957 16.01 142482 67.20 49353 15.90 185869 59.89

30 - 39 13727 13.97 27991 28.48 39202 18.49 108525 51.18 52929 17.06 136516 43.99

20 - 29 9051 9.21 14264 14.51 36398 17.17 69323 32.69 45449 14.65 83587 26.94

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4.1 Item Person Map for Paper I

Figure 28 :

4. Item Analyses of Question Papers

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4.2 Facility Indices of Questions in Paper I

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4.3 Distractor Analysis for Paper I (Multiple Choice Questions)

Table 25 : Grade 5 Scholarship Examination 2016 - Paper I

Percentage of students who responded for each option

Option 1 Option 2 Option 3 Missing1 1 82.17 4.95 12.65 0.23

2 3 13.42 11.92 74.3 0.36

3 2 1.88 94.87 2.94 0.3

4 1 45.1 41.69 12.79 0.41

5 2 7.08 61.23 30.9 0.78

6 3 5.84 9.67 83 1.49

7 2 7.64 79.01 12.79 0.57

8 3 7.03 8.6 81.61 2.76

9 3 7.48 8.05 83.45 1.02

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11 3 18.02 27.62 53.8 0.56

12 1 75.62 16.46 7.27 0.66

13 3 6.24 27.27 65.31 1.18

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15 2 13.58 55.72 29.35 1.35

16 1 55.22 37.2 7.08 0.5

17 3 33.92 42.62 22.49 0.96

18 1 68.02 14.28 16.3 1.4

19 2 20.56 70.56 7.65 1.23

20 1 42.05 30.69 25.92 1.34

21 1 60.29 21.83 17.18 0.7

22 2 20.8 53.46 24.81 0.93

23 2 18.37 42.77 37.93 0.93

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25 3 33.91 27.01 36.13 2.95

26 2 16.8 39.79 41.09 2.32

27 2 25.88 31.92 40.79 1.42

28 2 28.5 54.85 15.13 1.52

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31 2 37.51 18.47 42.58 1.43

32 2 16.97 66.82 14.21 2.01

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4.4 Item Person Map for Paper II

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4.5 Facility Indices of Questions in Paper II

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Item28.1

Item28.2

Item29

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Item36

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Item39

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Item27.2

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Item30.3

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Item19

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Item30.3

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Item33

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Item36

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Item39

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Item7.2

Item7.3

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Item12.2

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Item18

Item19

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Item20.2

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Item25.2

Item26

Item27.1

Item27.2

Item28.1

Item28.2

Item29

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Item30.2

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Item33

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Item38

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Item5

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Item7.2

Item7.3

Item8

Item9

Item10

Item16

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Item11.2

Item12.1

Item12.2

Item13

Item14

Item15

Item17

Item18

Item19

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Item20.2

Item21

Item22

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Item24

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Item25.2

Item26

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Item27.2

Item28.1

Item28.2

Item29

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Item30.2

Item30.3

Item31

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Item33

Item34

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Item3.1

Item3.2

Item3.3

Item3.4

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Item7.2

Item7.3

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Item10

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Item11.2

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Item12.2

Item13

Item14

Item15

Item17

Item18

Item19

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Item20.2

Item21

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Item23

Item24

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Item25.2

Item26

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Item27.2

Item28.1

Item28.2

Item29

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Item30.2

Item30.3

Item31

Item32

Item33

Item34

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Item36

Item37

Item38

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Item7.2

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Item14

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Item17

Item18

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Item27.2

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Item28.2

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4.6 Category Analysis for Paper II

4.6.1. Category Analysis for short Answer Type Questions

Table 26 : Grade 5 Scholarship Examination 2016 - Paper II

Percentage of students who obtained marks 0, 1 and 2

0 1 2 Missing

(Item1.1) 79.7 19.25 1.05

(Item1.2) 70.34 28.65 1.01

(Item1.3) 41.69 57.58 0.73

(Item1.4) 26.9 72.44 0.66

(Item1.5) 41.41 57.53 1.06

(Item1.6) 50.05 48.01 1.94

(Item2.1) 9.94 89.49 0.56

(Item2.2) 12.86 86.48 0.66

(Item3.1) 14.22 85.39 0.38

(Item3.2) 19.16 80.48 0.36

(Item3.3) 19.2 80.37 0.43

(Item3.4) 20.81 78.87 0.32

(Item4) 25.42 73.79 0.79

(Item5) 29 69.38 1.62

(Item6) 32.74 65.46 1.79

(Item7.1) 40.31 59.19 0.5

(Item7.2) 30.23 69.24 0.53

(Item7.3) 20.72 78.39 0.89

(Item8) 76.01 17.59 6.4

(Item9) 65.63 31.97 2.39

(Item10) 39.05 59.16 1.79

(Item11.1) 58.66 35.45 5.89

(Item11.2) 57.83 38.77 3.4

(Item12.1) 42.9 56.2 0.9

(Item12.2) 56.33 42.62 1.06

(Item13) 67.75 26.01 6.24

(Item14) 36.94 59.37 3.69

(Item15) 62.74 30.7 6.56

(Item17) 16.66 82.23 1.11

(Item18) 23.12 67.68 9.2

(Item19) 68.98 27.81 3.22

(Item20.1) 49.42 47.42 3.15

(Item20.2) 16.42 81.31 2.28

(Item21) 45.4 52.23 2.37

(Item22) 53.04 44.76 2.2

(Item23) 63.4 34.68 1.92

(Item24) 31.47 67.27 1.25

(Item25.1) 50.43 47.72 1.85

(Item25.2) 82.46 15.03 2.51

(Item26) 89.2 9.2 1.6

(Item27.1) 71.23 27.13 1.65

(Item27.2) 62.32 35.59 2.1

(Item28.1) 33.56 64.89 1.55

(Item28.2) 43.02 55.17 1.81

(Item29) 54.02 43.12 2.86

(Item30.1) 48.12 0.98 48.51 2.39

(Item30.2) 56.19 42.04 1.77

(Item30.3) 66.85 30.01 3.14

Question

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4.6.2 Distractor Analysis for Multiple Choice Questions

Table 27 : Grade 5 Scholarship Examination 2016 - Paper II Percentage of students who responded for each option

Option 1 Option 2 Option 3 Option 4 Missing

(Item31) 2 10.39 75.92 7.54 4.67 1.48

(Item32) 1 66.85 12.05 13.35 5.85 1.9

(Item33) 2 14.74 63.95 11.32 8.11 1.88

(Item34) 4 8.23 4.96 6.76 78.83 1.23

(Item35) 2 8.38 70.82 11.34 7.9 1.56

(Item36) 3 12 9.82 65.66 10.58 1.95

(Item37) 2 10.23 68.42 11.32 8.2 1.83

(Item38) 1 50.9 15.72 22.19 8.27 2.91

(Item39) 1 60.79 11.68 17.72 7.59 2.22

(Item40) 3 8.91 8.91 75.49 5.22 1.47

(Item41) 1 76.58 8.99 6.98 5.37 2.08

(Item42) 2 15.67 65.82 7.43 8.69 2.4

(Item43) 2 6.47 76.13 3.95 11.76 1.69

(Item44) 1 54.91 10.93 13.51 18.07 2.58

(Item45) 3 16.33 26.61 42.92 10.76 3.38

(Item46) 3 17.46 12.74 60.66 6.77 2.36

(Item47) 4 23.96 23.34 11.17 38.43 3.1

(Item48) 3 12.63 9.15 62.93 13.15 2.15

(Item49) 3 24.87 9.66 52.1 10.61 2.76

(Item50) 1 49.32 14.39 13.42 19.59 3.28

(Item51) 2 31.14 51.81 9.06 4.94 3.05

(Item 52) 4 13.88 14.74 9.99 58.68 2.71

(Item53) 3 31.29 14.55 34.11 16.14 3.91

(Item54) 3 12.05 12.43 52.81 19.55 3.15

(Item55) 3 12.17 10.27 61.75 13.48 2.33

(Item56) 4 12.4 12.72 14.55 57.55 2.78

(Item57) 3 17.19 19.09 36.4 23.47 3.85

(Item58) 1 39.52 14.78 12.72 29.25 3.74

(Item59) 4 20.11 11.14 8.86 57.31 2.58

(Item60) 2 15.74 66.61 6.7 8.8 2.15

Percentage of responses for each option Question

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4.7 Analysis of Paper II by theme

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4.8 Analysis of Item 60 (Essay Question) in Paper II

4.8.1 Pattern of Obtaning marks for the Essay Question

Figure 33 :

Grade 5 Scholarship Examination - 2016Analysis of Item 16 (Essay Question) in Paper IIFrequency Distribution of Marks for the Essay

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4.8.2 Weaknesses Identified in the Essay Question

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Grade 5 Examination - 2016

Essay Analysis

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Key 1. Complete idea is not included in the sentences written

2. Sentences do not contain at least six words

3. Subject - verb (predicate) relationship is incorrect

4. Incorrect spelling

5. Repetition of the same ideas

6. Use of colloquial language in writing

7. No relationship between the theme of the incident given and the sentences written

8. Not attempted

9. Repetition of writing of isolated letters or groups of letters meaninglessly

10. Others

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Table 28 :Performance Indices of Paper I, Paper II & Overall

Prepared according to stanine scale

Forty six high performing schools in the Island(Out of the schools where 20 or more candidates have appeared for the exam)

5. Performance by School

NO PROVINCE ZONE NAME SCHOOL NAME

NUMBER

OF

CANDIDATES

SUBJECT

1

SUBJECT

2

SCHOOL

INDEX

ISLAND

RANK

1 NORTH WESTERN MAHO NK/ERIYAWA K.V., EHETUWEWA. 31 79 77 78 1

2 NORTH WESTERN KULIYAPITIYA KP/VISHAKA GIRLS COLLEGE, KULIYAPITIYA 120 72 77 75 2

3 NORTH CENTRAL KEKIRAWA A /HEWANATHENNEGAMA K.V, MADATUGAMA. 27 71 77 74 3

4 NORTHERN JAFFNA J /ST. JOHN BOSCO'S V., JAFFNA. 254 70 78 74 3

5 NORTH WESTERN KULIYAPITIYA KP/ASSEDDUMA SUBHARATHI K.V, KULIYAPITIYA. 297 70 75 73 5

6 WESTERN GAMPAHA GM/SRI SUMEDHA M.V., GAMPAHA. 277 69 72 71 6

7 NORTH WESTERN MAHO NK/SIRIMAVO BANDARANAYAKE P.V., GALGAMUWA. 89 70 71 71 6

8 NORTH WESTERN PUTTALAM PU/WAYAMBA PRESIDENT COLLEGE, ANAMADUWA. 62 70 69 70 8

9 NORTH WESTERN MAHO NK/EHETUWEWA PRIMARY VID., EHETUWEWA. 131 67 73 70 8

10 WESTERN KALUTARA KL/ST. JOHN'S BALIKA VIDYALAYA, PANADURA. 232 68 70 69 10

11 NORTH WESTERN MAHO NK/DALADAGAMA PRIMARY SCHOOL, MAHO. 83 66 71 69 10

12 NORTH WESTERN MAHO NK/SIR HENRY OLCOT MODEL PRIMARY SCHOOL, AMBANPOLA. 49 68 69 69 10

13 NORTHERN VAVUNIYA SOUTH V /RAMBAIKULAM G.M.V., VAVUNIYA. 193 68 70 69 10

14 NORTHERN VAVUNIYA NORTH V /PUTHUKULAM JUNIOR SCHOOL, PUTHUKULAM, 49 69 69 69 10

15 UVA BANDARAWELA BD/DAMBETENNA NO. 1 TAMIL K.V, HAPUTALE. 25 65 70 68 15

16 NORTHERN JAFFNA J /JAFFNA HINDU PRIMARY SCHOOL, JAFFNA. 282 66 70 68 15

17 WESTERN GAMPAHA GM/SRIBODHI VIDYALAYA, GAMPAHA. 228 64 69 67 17

18 WESTERN MATHUGAMA KL/ANANDA SASTHRALAYA, MATUGAMA. 96 66 68 67 17

19 WESTERN MINUWANGODA MI/REGGIE RANTHUNGA PRIMARY .V, MINUWANGODA. 224 65 68 67 17

20 SOUTHERN AKURESSA MR/PORAMBA KANISHTA VIDYALAYA, AKURESSA. 90 63 70 67 17

21 CENTRAL GALEWELA MT/DIVULGASKOTUWA PRIMARY SCHOOL, GALEWELA. 76 64 69 67 17

22 NORTH WESTERN NIKAWERATIYA NK/DAMBALIYADDA PRIMARY V., BAMUNAKOTUWA. 27 65 69 67 17

23 NORTH WESTERN CHILAW CH/JOSEPH VAZ COLLEGE, WENNAPPUWA. 210 66 65 66 23

24 WESTERN PILIYANDALA HO/SOMAWEERA CHANDRASIRI V., PILIYANDALA. 355 65 66 66 23

25 WESTERN HORANA KL/SRIPALI M.V., HORANA. 187 66 66 66 23

26 WESTERN HORANA KL/THAKSHILA KANISHTA VIDYALAYA, HORANA. 230 65 67 66 23

27 NORTH WESTERN GIRIULLA KP/RATHNALANKARA M.V., ALAWWA. 270 63 68 66 23

28 SOUTHERN MATARA MR/SUJATHA VIDYALAYA, MATARA. 296 64 68 66 23

29 NORTH CENTRAL POLONNARUWA PL/THOPAWEWA MAHA VIDYALAYA, POLONNARUWA. 146 64 67 66 23

30 EASTERN AMPARA AM/DUDLEY SENANAYAKE VIDYALAYA, GONAGOLLA. 85 64 66 65 30

31 UVA BANDARAWELA BD/BANDARAWELA M.M.V, BANDARAWELA. 189 64 66 65 30

32 UVA WELIMADA BD/RATHKARAWWA MAHA VIDYALAYA, RATHKARAWWA. 33 64 66 65 30

33 SOUTHERN GALLE G /SANGAMITTA BALIKA M.V., GALLE. 346 63 66 65 30

34 WESTERN GAMPAHA GM/YASODHARA DEVI BALIKA MAHA VIDYALAYA, GAMPAHA. 147 63 66 65 30

35 SOUTHERN TANGALLE H /BELIATTA RUHUNU VIJAYABA PRIMARY V., BELIATTA. 266 64 65 65 30

36 WESTERN HOMAGAMA HO/GODAGAMA SUBHARATHI MAHAMATHYA M.V, HOMAGAMA. 167 63 66 65 30

37 NORTHERN JAFFNA J /KOKUVIL HINDU PRIMARY SCHOOL, KOKUVIL. 178 62 67 65 30

38 WESTERN MATHUGAMA KL/C.W.W.KANNANGARA M.M.V, MATUGAMA. 190 62 68 65 30

39 WESTERN HORANA KL/HORANA RAJAKEEYA VIDYALAYA, HORANA. 271 64 66 65 30

40 NORTH WESTERN KURUNEGALA KU/ETHUGALPURA KUMARA VID., PILESSA. 113 63 66 65 30

41 WESTERN MINUWANGODA MI/HORAGASMULLA PRIMARY SCHOOL, DIVULAPITIYA. 180 63 67 65 30

42 SOUTHERN MATARA MR/UYANWATTA ADHARSHA KANISHTA V., MATARA. 90 64 66 65 30

43 NORTH WESTERN NIKAWERATIYA NK/SRI SUMANGALA M.M.V., WARIYAPOLA. 266 64 65 65 30

44 NORTH CENTRAL POLONNARUWA PL/RAJAKEEYA KANISHTA VIDYALAYA, POLONNARUWA. 294 63 66 65 30

45 SABARAGANUWA RATNAPURA R /FERGUSON GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL, RATNAPURA. 306 63 66 65 30

46 SABARAGANUWA EMBILIPITIYA R /DAPANE EKAMUTHU PRIMARY VID., OMALPE. 55 65 64 65 30

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Question Paper I & II

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Presentation of the Research and Development BranchDepartment of Examinations

Documents

Grade 5 Scholarship Examination – 2016 - · PDF file4.1 Item Person Map for Paper I ... 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Year Per centage - 4 - 2.2 Overall Performance of Candidates by Medium,