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Performance of Candidates

G.C.E (A.L) Examination

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1. Performance of School Candidates by year ...................................................... 1

2. Performance of All Candidates by year ............................................................ 2

3. Performance of Candidates - All Island ....................................................... 3

4. Percentage of Candidates Eligible for University Entrance by Stream ........... 3

5. Performance of School Candidates by Province ............................................ 4

6. Performance of All Candidates by Province .................................................. 4

7. Performance of Candidates by Stream - School .............................................. 5

8. Performance of Candidates by Stream - All ..................................................... 5

9. Streamwise Performance of School Candidates by Province ........................ 6

10. Streamwise Performance of All Candidates by Province .............................. 8

11. Performance of School Candidates by District ............................................... 10

12. Streamwise Performance of School Candidates by District ........................... 11

13. Performance of All Candidates by District ..................................................... 15

14. Streamwise Performance of All Candidates by District ................................. 16

15. All Candidates - Results by Grades in each subject ......................................... 20

16. Subjectwise Performance of All Candidates ................................................. 21

G.C.E.(A.L.) Examinations 2013 - 2018 Performance of School Candidates by Year

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

209906 207304 210340 211865 206630 218191

Number 122913 126971 131137 134238 136421 141172

% 58.56 61.25 62.35 63.36 66.02 64.70

Number 4663 5400 5960 6468 7489 4912

% 2.22 2.60 2.83 3.05 3.62 2.25

Number 24337 16610 18183 17702 16967 18203

% 11.59 8.01 8.64 8.36 8.21 8.34

Passed in 3 Subjects (Eligible for University Entrance)

Obtained 3 A's

Failed in All Subjects

Year

Number Sat

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58.56 61.25 62.35 63.3666.02 64.70

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G.C.E.(A.L.) Examinations 2013 - 2018 Performance of All Candidates by Year

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

241629 247376 255191 258193 253330 267111

Number 140993 149489 155447 160520 163104 167907

% 58.35 60.43 60.91 62.17 64.38 62.86

Number 4999 5832 6547 7126 8267 5310

% 2.07 2.36 2.57 2.76 3.26 1.99

Number 27924 20377 23347 22392 22021 24057

% 11.56 8.24 9.15 8.67 8.69 9.01

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Obtained 3 A's



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Passed in 3 subjects(Eligible for University Entrance) by Year

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Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %

No. Applied 102,796 140,245 243,041 132,687 184,865 317,552

Number Sat 91,539 89.05 126,652 90.31 218,191 89.78 109,583 82.59 157,528 85.21 267,111 84.12


49,783 54.38 91,389 72.16 141,172 64.70 58,304 53.21 109,603 69.58 167,907 62.86

Obtained 3 A's 1,635 1.79 3,277 2.59 4,912 2.25 1,775 1.62 3,535 2.24 5,310 1.99

Passed in 2 subjects 17,122 18.70 18,015 14.22 35,137 16.10 20,414 18.63 23,767 15.09 44,181 16.54

Passed in 1 subjects 13,303 14.53 10,376 8.19 23,679 10.85 16,259 14.84 14,707 9.34 30,966 11.59

Failed in All subjects 11,331 12.38 6,872 5.43 18,203 8.34 14,606 13.33 9,451 6.00 24,057 9.01

Male Female Total Male Female Total Description

School Candidates All Candidates

G.C.E.(A.L.) Examination - 2018 Performance of Candidates - All Island

G.C.E.(A.L.) Examination - 2018 Percentage of Candidates Eligible for University Entrance by Stream

Number % Number %

1. Bio Science 34890 20229 57.98 46237 27402 59.26

2. Physical Science 27310 15511 56.80 32304 18514 57.31

3. Commerce 48712 33805 69.40 54334 36318 66.84

4. Arts 83230 57631 69.24 105398 69151 65.61

5. Engineering Technology 12264 7165 58.42 13930 8097 58.13

6. Bio Systems Technology 8311 5342 64.28 9452 6088 64.41

7. Other 3474 1489 42.86 5456 2337 42.83

Total 218191 141172 64.70 267111 167907 62.86

Stream

School Candidates All Candidates

Number Sat

Passed in All 3 subjects

(Eligible for University Entrance)

Number Sat

Passed in All 3 subjects

(Eligible for University Entrance)

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G.C.E.(A.L.) Examination - 2018 Performance of All Candidates by Province

Arranged in Descending Order of Eligible Percentage

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G.C.E.(A.L.) Examination - 2018 Performance of School Candidates by Province


No. % No. % No. %

1 Sabaragamuwa 25,766 17,008 66.01 505 1.96 2,154 7.97

2 North Western 30,099 19,627 65.21 611 2.03 2,272 7.96

3 Southern 38,884 25,108 64.57 896 2.30 3,512 8.78

4 Western 69,621 44,117 63.37 2,044 2.94 6,468 8.96

5 Uva 18,284 11,579 63.33 214 1.17 1,464 8.20

6 Northern 14,479 8,988 62.08 178 1.23 1,234 7.57

7 North Central 16,233 9,895 60.96 263 1.62 1,550 9.53

8 Central 33,498 20,243 60.43 416 1.24 3,136 8.25

9 Eastern 20,247 11,342 56.02 183 0.90 2,267 10.94

267,111 167,907 62.86 5,310 1.99 24,057 9.01

Number Sat

Eligible for University Entrance

(Passed in 3 Subjects)Obtained 3 A's


All Island

Province

No. % No. % No. %

1 Sabaragamuwa 20,954 14,012 66.87 463 2.21 1,710 8.16

2 North Western 24,344 16,253 66.76 554 2.28 1,682 6.91

3 Western 58,933 38,746 65.75 1,939 3.29 4,820 8.18

4 Northern 12,265 8,007 65.28 176 1.43 904 7.37

5 Southern 31,670 20,502 64.74 810 2.56 2,879 9.09

6 Uva 14,527 9,400 64.71 196 1.35 1,108 7.63

7 North Central 12,581 7,829 62.23 233 1.85 1,187 9.43

8 Central 27,716 17,211 62.10 381 1.37 2,400 8.66

9 Eastern 15,201 9,212 60.60 160 1.05 1,513 9.95

218,191 141,172 64.70 4,912 2.25 18,203 8.34 All Island

Province Number

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(Passed in 3 Subjects)Obtained 3 A's


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G.C.E.(A.L.) Examination - 2018Performance of Candidates by Stream

School Candidates

Number % Number % Number %

1. Bio Science 34890 20229 57.98 548 1.57 5091 14.59

2. Physical Science 27310 15511 56.80 709 2.60 4431 16.22

3. Commerce 48712 33805 69.40 1783 3.66 3288 6.75

4. Arts 83230 57631 69.24 1804 2.17 3423 4.11

5. Engineering Technology 12264 7165 58.42 36 0.29 1056 8.61

6. Bio Systems Technology 8311 5342 64.28 26 0.31 645 7.76

7. Other 3474 1489 42.86 6 0.17 269 7.74

Total 218191 141172 64.70 4912 2.25 18203 8.34

Stream Number

Sat

Obtained 3 A'sFailed in All

Subjects


(Passed in 3 Subjects)

G.C.E.(A.L.) Examination - 2018Performance of Candidates by Stream

All Candidates

Number % Number % Number %

1. Bio Science 46237 27402 59.26 664 1.44 6404 13.85

2. Physical Science 32304 18514 57.31 752 2.33 5185 16.05

3. Commerce 54334 36318 66.84 1824 3.36 4494 8.27

4. Arts 105398 69151 65.61 1996 1.89 5532 5.25

5. Engineering Technology 13930 8097 58.13 40 0.29 1178 8.46

6. Bio Systems Technology 9452 6088 64.41 27 0.29 766 8.10

7. Other 5456 2337 42.83 7 0.13 498 9.13

Total 267111 167907 62.86 5310 1.99 24057 9.01

Stream Number

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Obtained 3 A'sFailed in All

Subjects

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G.C.E.(A.L.) Examination - 2018Streamwise Performance of School Candidates by Province


No. %1 Western 9164 5,959 65.03

2 Northern 1925 1,159 60.21

3 North Western 3912 2,281 58.31

4 Southern 5350 3,068 57.35

5 Eastern 2425 1,359 56.04

6 Central 4504 2,459 54.60

7 Sabaragamuwa 3646 1,986 54.47

8 Uva 2070 1,090 52.66

9 North Central 1894 868 45.83

34,890 20,229 57.98

Bio Science Stream

All Island

Number Sat



Province

No. %1 Northern 1630 1,025 62.88

2 Western 8966 5,301 59.12

3 North Western 2718 1,545 56.84

4 Southern 5241 2,948 56.25

5 Sabaragamuwa 2165 1,203 55.57

6 Central 2602 1,432 55.03

7 Uva 1443 766 53.08

8 Eastern 1430 755 52.80


27,310 15,511 56.80

Province

Physical Science Stream

All Island

Number Sat



No. %1 North Western 4497 3,243 72.11

2 Northern 2191 1,566 71.47

3 Southern 6201 4,411 71.13

4 Sabaragamuwa 4009 2,849 71.07

5 Western 17881 12,528 70.06

6 Uva 2874 1,945 67.68

7 North Central 2509 1,676 66.80

8 Central 6071 3,989 65.71

9 Eastern 2479 1,598 64.46

48,712 33,805 69.40

Province

Commerce Stream



Number Sat

All Island

No. %1 Sabaragamuwa 8633 6,398 74.11

2 North Western 10737 7,688 71.60

3 North Central 5475 3,888 71.01

4 Uva 6433 4,553 70.78

5 Northern 4571 3,170 69.35

6 Southern 12115 8,350 68.92

7 Western 17352 11,713 67.50

8 Central 11199 7,490 66.88

9 Eastern 6715 4,381 65.24

83,230 57,631 69.24

Province

Arts Stream

Number Sat



All Island

G.C.E.(A.L.) Examination - 2018Streamwise Performance of School Candidates by Province


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No. %1 Southern 1553 1,034 66.58

2 Western 2889 1,834 63.48

3 North Western 1390 857 61.65

4 Uva 820 489 59.63

5 Sabaragamuwa 1245 733 58.88


7 Central 1622 853 52.59

8 Northern 898 457 50.89

9 Eastern 1025 472 46.05

12,264 7,165 58.42

Engineering Technology Stream

Number Sat



All Island

Province

No. %1 Sabaragamuwa 993 732 73.72

2 Southern 749 513 68.49

3 Western 1170 781 66.75

4 Uva 741 488 65.86


6 Northern 901 557 61.82


8 Central 1359 818 60.19

9 Eastern 982 570 58.04

8,311 5,342 64.28

Province

All Island

Biosystem Technology Stream

Number Sat



No. %1 Eastern 145 77 53.10

2 Northern 149 73 48.99

3 Central 359 170 47.35

4 Uva 146 69 47.26



7 Western 1511 630 41.69

8 Southern 461 178 38.61


3,474 1,489 42.86

Province

Other Stream

Number Sat



All Island

G.C.E.(A.L.) Examination - 2018Streamwise Performance of All Candidates by Province Arranged in Descending Order of Eligible Percentage

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No. %1 Western 11420 7,414 64.92

2 Southern 7197 4,320 60.03

3 Northern 2338 1,402 59.97

4 North Western 5376 3,214 59.78

5 Sabaragamuwa 5029 2,923 58.12

6 Eastern 3179 1,808 56.87

7 Central 5921 3,318 56.04

8 Uva 3034 1,654 54.52

9 North Central 2743 1,349 49.18

46,237 27,402 59.26 All Island

Number Sat



Province

Bio Science Stream

No. %1 Northern 1815 1,104 60.83

2 Western 10147 5,996 59.09

3 North Western 3466 2,005 57.85

4 Southern 6250 3,605 57.68

5 Sabaragamuwa 2659 1,505 56.60

6 Central 3133 1,756 56.05

7 Uva 1771 968 54.66

8 Eastern 1670 880 52.69


32,304 18,514 57.31 All Island

Number Sat



Province


No. %1 Southern 6856 4,812 70.19

2 North Western 5026 3,518 70.00

3 Sabaragamuwa 4464 3,113 69.74

4 Northern 2417 1,642 67.94

5 Western 19760 13,216 66.88

6 Uva 3244 2,162 66.65

7 North Central 2796 1,804 64.52

8 Central 6842 4,331 63.30

9 Eastern 2929 1,720 58.72

54,334 36,318 66.84 All Island

Number Sat



Province

Commerce Stream

No. %1 Western 21756 13,785 63.36

2 Central 13685 8,713 63.67

3 Southern 15280 10,290 67.34

4 Northern 5623 3,601 64.04

5 Eastern 9712 5,569 57.34

6 North Western 13290 9,134 68.73

7 North Central 7221 4,881 67.59

8 Uva 8141 5,543 68.09

9 Sabaragamuwa 10690 7,635 71.42

105,398 69,151 65.61 All Island

Number Sat



Province

Arts Stream

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G.C.E.(A.L.) Examination - 2018Streamwise Performance of All Candidates by Province


No. %1 Southern 1746 1,164 66.67

2 Western 3150 1,991 63.21



5 Uva 970 560 57.73


7 Central 1787 946 52.94

8 Northern 1035 525 50.72

9 Eastern 1249 553 44.28

13,930 8,097 58.13 All Island

Province


Number Sat



No. %1 Sabaragamuwa 1109 815 73.49

2 Southern 881 624 70.83

3 Western 1281 856 66.82

4 Uva 853 566 66.35



7 Northern 995 606 60.90

8 Central 1525 914 59.93

9 Eastern 1158 656 56.65

9,452 6,088 64.41 All Island

Province


Number Sat



No. %1 North Western 496 233 46.98

2 Uva 271 126 46.49

3 Eastern 350 156 44.57


5 Central 605 265 43.80

6 Southern 674 293 43.47

7 Northern 256 108 42.19

8 Western 2107 859 40.77


5,456 2,337 42.83

Number Sat



All Island

Province

Other Stream

G.C.E.(A.L.) Examination - 2018 Performance of School Candidates by District


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No. % No. %1 Ratnapura 11,502 7,932 68.96 866 7.53

2 Mannar 1,277 875 68.52 98 7.67

3 Puttalam 6,217 4,212 67.75 414 6.66

4 Colombo 26,259 17,633 67.15 1,987 7.57

5 Kurunegala 18,127 12,041 66.43 1,268 7.00

6 Jaffna 7,086 4,673 65.95 510 7.20

7 Monaragala 4,867 3,198 65.71 384 7.89

8 Matara 10,666 6,972 65.37 932 8.74

9 Kalutara 12,237 7,982 65.23 1,085 8.87

10 Nuwara Eliya 6,101 3,974 65.14 485 7.95

11 Galle 13,445 8,743 65.03 1,198 8.91

12 Vavuniya 1,606 1,034 64.38 123 7.66

13 Kegalle 9,452 6,080 64.33 844 8.93

14 Matale 5,436 3,493 64.26 388 7.14

15 Gampaha 20,437 13,131 64.25 1,748 8.55

16 Badulla 9,660 6,202 64.20 724 7.49

17 Hambantota 7,559 4,787 63.33 749 9.91

18 Mullativu 1,026 646 62.96 82 7.99

19 Anuradhapura 8,937 5,614 62.82 865 9.68

20 Batticaloa 4,970 3,079 61.95 454 9.13

21 Kilinochchi 1,270 779 61.34 91 7.17

22 Polonnaruwa 3,644 2,215 60.78 322 8.84

23 Trincomalee 3,567 2,159 60.53 347 9.73

24 Kandy 16,179 9,744 60.23 1,527 9.44

25 Ampara 6,664 3,974 59.63 712 10.68

218,191 141,172 64.70 18,203 8.34

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G.C.E.(A.L.) Examination - 2018Streamwise Performance of School Candidates by District


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No. %1 Colombo 4417 3,055 69.16 2 Jaffna 1140 717 62.89 3 Gampaha 2873 1,802 62.72 4 Trincomalee 483 295 61.08 5 Puttalam 1095 666 60.82 6 Batticaloa 796 480 60.30 7 Galle 2405 1,447 60.17

8 Kalutara 1874 1,102 58.80 9 Matara 1717 1,004 58.47 10 Kilinochchi 156 91 58.33 11 Kurunegala 2817 1,615 57.33 12 Mullative 167 95 56.89 13 Mannar 185 105 56.76 14 Ratnapura 1915 1,081 56.45 15 Badulla 1374 766 55.75 16 Kandy 2876 1,600 55.63 17 Vavuniya 277 151 54.51 18 Matale 761 406 53.35 19 Kegalle 1731 905 52.28 20 Nuwara Eliya 867 453 52.25 21 Ampara 1146 584 50.96 22 Hambantota 1228 617 50.24 23 Monaragala 696 324 46.55 24 Polonnaruwa 576 267 46.35 25 Anuradhapura 1318 601 45.60

34,890 20,229 57.98

District

Bio Science Stream

Number Sat



All Island

No. %1 Mannar 98 66 67.35 2 Jaffna 1109 743 67.00 3 Colombo 4434 2,834 63.92 4 Ratnapura 1061 652 61.45 5 Batticaloa 430 260 60.47 6 Galle 2241 1,290 57.56 7 Kurunegala 2042 1,162 56.90

8 Matale 389 221 56.81 9 Puttalam 676 383 56.66 10 Matara 1774 993 55.98 11 Kandy 1766 984 55.72 12 Gampaha 2934 1,619 55.18 13 Hambantota 1226 665 54.24 14 Badulla 1053 563 53.47 15 Trincomalee 282 150 53.19 16 Kalutara 1598 848 53.07 17 Monaragala 390 203 52.05 18 Vavuniya 158 82 51.90 19 Kilinochchi 160 83 51.88 20 Nuwara Eliya 447 227 50.78 21 Kegalle 1104 551 49.91 22 Mullative 105 51 48.57 23 Anuradhapura 844 407 48.22 24 Ampara 718 345 48.05 25 Polonnaruwa 271 129 47.60

27,310 15,511 56.80

District


Number Sat



All Island



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No. %1 Mannar 223 167 74.89 2 Matara 2062 1,541 74.73 3 Monaragala 954 699 73.27 4 Puttalam 1412 1,022 72.38 5 Ratnapura 2324 1,679 72.25 6 Jaffna 1213 874 72.05 7 Colombo 8958 6,450 72.00

8 Kurunegala 3085 2,221 71.99 9 Kilinochchi 243 174 71.60 10 Galle 2953 2,082 70.50 11 Mullative 183 129 70.49 12 Kalutara 3078 2,161 70.21 13 Batticaloa 773 540 69.86 14 Kegalle 1685 1,170 69.44 15 Nuwara Eliya 1311 910 69.41 16 Vavuniya 329 222 67.48 17 Gampaha 5845 3,917 67.01 18 Polonnaruwa 778 521 66.97 19 Anuradhapura 1731 1,155 66.72 20 Hambantota 1186 788 66.44 21 Matale 1097 725 66.09 22 Badulla 1920 1,246 64.90 23 Kandy 3663 2,354 64.26 24 Ampara 1061 674 63.52 25 Trincomalee 645 384 59.53

48,712 33,805 69.40

District

Commerce Stream

Number Sat



All Island

No. %1 Mannar 504 384 76.19 2 Ratnapura 4810 3592 74.68 3 Nuwara Eliya 2579 1895 73.48 4 Kegalle 3823 2806 73.40 5 Puttalam 2534 1845 72.81 6 Vavuniya 601 436 72.55 7 Monaragala 2234 1613 72.20

8 Mullative 427 308 72.13 9 Anuradhapura 3963 2832 71.46 10 Kurunegala 8203 5843 71.23 11 Hambantota 3166 2245 70.91 12 Badulla 4199 2940 70.02 13 Polonnaruwa 1512 1056 69.84 14 Kalutara 4591 3184 69.35 15 Gampaha 6677 4614 69.10 16 Galle 4816 3309 68.71 17 Matale 2476 1691 68.30 18 Ampara 2808 1917 68.27 19 Kilinochchi 501 340 67.86 20 Matara 4133 2796 67.65 21 Jaffna 2538 1702 67.06 22 Trincomalee 1707 1119 65.55 23 Colombo 6084 3915 64.35 24 Kandy 6144 3904 63.54 25 Batticaloa 2200 1345 61.14

83,230 57,631 69.24

Arts Stream

Number Sat



District

All Island



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No. %1 Matale 345 243 70.43 2 Kalutara 549 377 68.67 3 Matara 527 361 68.50 4 Colombo 1115 751 67.35 5 Galle 592 393 66.39 6 Ratnapura 682 445 65.25 7 Monaragala 288 186 64.58

8 Hambantota 434 280 64.52 9 Kurunegala 1080 673 62.31 10 Anuradhapura 572 343 59.97 11 Puttalam 310 184 59.35 12 Vavuniya 81 48 59.26 13 Gampaha 1225 706 57.63 14 Batticaloa 357 204 57.14 15 Badulla 532 303 56.95 16 Mannar 104 59 56.73 17 Nuwara Eliya 415 215 51.81 18 Jaffna 571 293 51.31 19 Kegalle 563 288 51.15 20 Kandy 862 395 45.82 21 Kilinochchi 88 36 40.91 22 Trincomalee 174 71 40.80 23 Ampara 494 197 39.88 24 Mullative 54 21 38.89 25 Polonnaruwa 250 93 37.20

12,264 7,165 58.42

District


Number Sat



All Island

No. %1 Ratnapura 530 401 75.66 2 Matara 284 213 75.00 3 Kegalle 463 331 71.49 4 Jaffna 410 293 71.46 5 Kalutara 263 185 70.34 6 Hambantota 220 152 69.09 7 Badulla 495 337 68.08

8 Puttalam 123 83 67.48 9 Colombo 448 297 66.29 10 Gampaha 459 299 65.14 11 Kandy 623 404 64.85 12 Kurunegala 688 433 62.94 13 Batticaloa 348 216 62.07 14 Vavuniya 141 87 61.70 15 Polonnaruwa 229 141 61.57 16 Monaragala 246 151 61.38 17 Galle 245 148 60.41 18 Anuradhapura 376 226 60.11 19 Ampara 379 221 58.31 20 Mannar 151 87 57.62 21 Nuwara Eliya 401 226 56.36 22 Matale 335 188 56.12 23 Trincomalee 255 133 52.16 24 Mullative 83 40 48.19 25 Kilinochchi 116 50 43.10

8,311 5,342 64.28

District


Number Sat



All Island

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No. %1 Kilinochchi 6 5 83.33 2 Ampara 58 36 62.07 3 Nuwara Eliya 81 48 59.26 4 Mannar 12 7 58.33 5 Matale 33 19 57.58 6 Badulla 87 47 54.02 7 Batticaloa 66 34 51.52

8 Jaffna 105 51 48.57 9 Ratnapura 180 82 45.56 10 Kurunegala 212 94 44.34 11 Kalutara 284 125 44.01 12 Puttalam 67 29 43.28 13 Vavuniya 19 8 42.11 14 Kandy 245 103 42.04 15 Colombo 803 331 41.22 16 Gampaha 424 174 41.04 17 Hambantota 99 40 40.40 18 Galle 193 74 38.34 19 Matara 169 64 37.87 20 Anuradhapura 133 50 37.59 21 Monaragala 59 22 37.29 22 Kegalle 83 29 34.94 23 Trincomalee 21 7 33.33 24 Mullative 7 2 28.57 25 Polonnaruwa 28 8 28.57

3,474 1,489 42.86

Other Stream

Number Sat



All Island

District

G.C.E.(A.L.) Examination - 2018 Performance of All Candidates by District


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No. % No. %1 Ratnapura 14,085 9,597 68.14 1,090 7.74

2 Puttalam 7,673 5,038 65.66 568 7.40

3 Matara 13,113 8,609 65.65 1,121 8.55

4 Monaragala 6,194 4,037 65.18 482 7.78

5 Kurunegala 22,426 14,589 65.05 1,704 7.60

6 Mannar 1,579 1,017 64.41 138 8.74

7 Colombo 30,174 19,420 64.36 2,663 8.83

8 Galle 16,093 10,339 64.25 1,468 9.12

9 Kalutara 14,883 9,539 64.09 1,380 9.27

10 Hambantota 9,678 6,160 63.65 923 9.54

11 Matale 6,521 4,147 63.59 486 7.45

12 Kegalle 11,681 7,411 63.44 1,064 9.11

13 Jaffna 8,129 5,121 63.00 668 8.22

14 Nuwara Eliya 7,646 4,773 62.42 690 9.02

15 Badulla 12,090 7,542 62.38 982 8.12

16 Gampaha 24,564 15,158 61.71 2,425 9.87

17 Anuradhapura 11,712 7,200 61.48 1,131 9.66

18 Vavuniya 1,993 1,209 60.66 188 9.43

19 Mullativu 1,241 747 60.19 108 8.70

20 Polonnaruwa 4,521 2,695 59.61 419 9.27

21 Kandy 19,331 11,323 58.57 1,960 10.14

22 Kilinochchi 1,537 894 58.17 132 8.59

23 Batticaloa 6,307 3,582 56.79 666 10.56

24 Ampara 8,968 5,013 55.90 1,038 11.57

25 Trincomalee 4,972 2,747 55.25 563 11.32

267,111 167,907 62.86 24,057 9.01 All Island

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G.C.E.(A.L.) Examination - 2018Streamwise Performance of All Candidates by District Arranged in Descending Order of Eligible Percentage

No. %1 Colombo 5057 3,445 68.12 2 Trincomalee 652 412 63.19 3 Gampaha 3734 2,351 62.96 4 Jaffna 1356 840 61.95 5 Galle 3075 1,895 61.63 6 Puttalam 1393 858 61.59 7 Kalutara 2629 1,618 61.54

8 Matara 2324 1,422 61.19 9 Ratnapura 2696 1,617 59.98 10 Kilinochchi 206 123 59.71 11 Mullative 213 127 59.62 12 Batticaloa 968 574 59.30 13 Kurunegala 3983 2,356 59.15 14 Mannar 227 130 57.27 15 Matale 1054 602 57.12 16 Kandy 3646 2,070 56.77 17 Kegalle 2333 1,306 55.98 18 Hambantota 1798 1,003 55.78 19 Badulla 1969 1,097 55.71 20 Vavuniya 336 182 54.17 21 Nuwara Eliya 1221 646 52.91 22 Ampara 1559 822 52.73 23 Monaragala 1065 557 52.30 24 Polonnaruwa 820 407 49.63 25 Anuradhapura 1923 942 48.99

46,237 27,402 59.26

District

Bio Science Stream

Number Sat



All Island

No. %1 Jaffna 1220 794 65.08 2 Mannar 114 74 64.91 3 Colombo 4747 3,000 63.20 4 Ratnapura 1282 785 61.23 5 Batticaloa 479 290 60.54 6 Matale 523 307 58.70 7 Galle 2533 1,472 58.11

8 Kurunegala 2653 1,539 58.01 9 Matara 2150 1,242 57.77 10 Puttalam 813 466 57.32 11 Hambantota 1567 891 56.86 12 Kandy 2048 1,150 56.15 13 Kalutara 1978 1,107 55.97 14 Monaragala 503 278 55.27 15 Gampaha 3422 1,889 55.20 16 Badulla 1268 690 54.42 17 Nuwara Eliya 562 299 53.20 18 Kilinochchi 172 90 52.33 19 Kegalle 1377 720 52.29 20 Trincomalee 322 168 52.17 21 Anuradhapura 1055 535 50.71 22 Ampara 869 422 48.56 23 Mullative 126 61 48.41 24 Polonnaruwa 338 160 47.34 25 Vavuniya 183 85 46.45

32,304 18,514 57.31

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No. %1 Matara 2343 1,741 74.31 2 Monaragala 1067 779 73.01 3 Ratnapura 2606 1,857 71.26 4 Kurunegala 3453 2,427 70.29 5 Puttalam 1573 1,091 69.36 6 Galle 3175 2,194 69.10 7 Jaffna 1311 905 69.03

8 Mannar 248 171 68.95 9 Mullative 196 135 68.88 10 Colombo 9850 6,769 68.72 11 Kilinochchi 275 187 68.00 12 Kalutara 3369 2,282 67.74 13 Kegalle 1858 1,256 67.60 14 Matale 1197 786 65.66 15 Hambantota 1338 877 65.55 16 Nuwara Eliya 1583 1,034 65.32 17 Anuradhapura 1941 1,253 64.55 18 Polonnaruwa 855 551 64.44 19 Gampaha 6541 4,165 63.68 20 Badulla 2177 1,383 63.53 21 Vavuniya 387 244 63.05 22 Batticaloa 907 571 62.95 23 Kandy 4062 2,511 61.82 24 Ampara 1281 736 57.46 25 Trincomalee 741 413 55.74

54,334 36,318 66.84

District

Commerce Stream

Number Sat



All Island

No. %1 Ratnapura 5900 4279 72.53 2 Kegalle 4790 3356 70.06 3 Monaragala 2858 1996 69.84 4 Hambantota 4083 2835 69.43 5 Nuwara Eliya 3260 2254 69.14 6 Puttalam 3310 2278 68.82 7 Kurunegala 9980 6856 68.70

8 Mannar 705 481 68.23 9 Anuradhapura 5323 3602 67.67 10 Polonnaruwa 1898 1279 67.39 11 Badulla 5283 3547 67.14 12 Vavuniya 776 520 67.01 13 Matara 5096 3412 66.95 14 Kalutara 5630 3749 66.59 15 Galle 6101 4043 66.27 16 Matale 2915 1929 66.17 17 Mullative 532 351 65.98 18 Gampaha 8377 5394 64.39 19 Jaffna 2973 1863 62.66 20 Ampara 4038 2451 60.70 21 Kilinochchi 637 386 60.60 22 Kandy 7510 4530 60.32 23 Colombo 7749 4642 59.90 24 Trincomalee 2688 1496 55.65 25 Batticaloa 2986 1622 54.32

105,398 69,151 65.61

Arts Stream

Number Sat



District

All Island

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No. %1 Matale 390 276 70.77 2 Matara 605 418 69.09 3 Kalutara 605 415 68.60 4 Galle 655 438 66.87 5 Colombo 1193 797 66.81 6 Ratnapura 759 496 65.35 7 Monaragala 326 207 63.50

8 Hambantota 486 308 63.37 9 Kurunegala 1210 747 61.74 10 Anuradhapura 751 459 61.12 11 Puttalam 342 206 60.23 12 Vavuniya 102 60 58.82 13 Gampaha 1352 779 57.62 14 Mannar 109 61 55.96 15 Badulla 644 353 54.81 16 Batticaloa 430 232 53.95 17 Kegalle 649 342 52.70 18 Jaffna 660 338 51.21 19 Nuwara Eliya 453 229 50.55 20 Kandy 944 441 46.72 21 Mullative 64 26 40.63 22 Kilinochchi 100 40 40.00 23 Trincomalee 221 88 39.82 24 Ampara 598 233 38.96 25 Polonnaruwa 282 108 38.30

13,930 8,097 58.13

District


Number Sat



All Island

No. %1 Matara 332 254 76.51 2 Ratnapura 589 446 75.72 3 Hambantota 265 189 71.32 4 Kegalle 520 369 70.96 5 Jaffna 441 308 69.84 6 Kalutara 283 197 69.61 7 Badulla 572 386 67.48

8 Puttalam 132 88 66.67 9 Colombo 485 322 66.39 10 Gampaha 513 337 65.69 11 Anuradhapura 490 319 65.10 12 Kandy 715 459 64.20 13 Monaragala 281 180 64.06 14 Galle 284 181 63.73 15 Kurunegala 761 482 63.34 16 Vavuniya 170 106 62.35 17 Polonnaruwa 267 162 60.67 18 Batticaloa 402 241 59.95 19 Ampara 466 269 57.73 20 Matale 368 209 56.79 21 Mannar 157 89 56.69 22 Nuwara Eliya 442 246 55.66 23 Trincomalee 290 146 50.34 24 Mullative 95 44 46.32 25 Kilinochchi 132 59 44.70

9,452 6,088 64.41

District


Number Sat



All Island

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No. %1 Kilinochchi 15 9 60.00 2 Mannar 19 11 57.89 3 Nuwara Eliya 125 65 52.00 4 Matale 74 38 51.35 5 Ampara 157 80 50.96 6 Badulla 177 86 48.59 7 Kurunegala 386 182 47.15

8 Puttalam 110 51 46.36 9 Ratnapura 253 117 46.25 10 Polonnaruwa 61 28 45.90 11 Matara 263 120 45.63 12 Kalutara 389 171 43.96 13 Jaffna 168 73 43.45 14 Galle 270 116 42.96 15 Monaragala 94 40 42.55 16 Trincomalee 58 24 41.38 17 Colombo 1093 445 40.71 18 Hambantota 141 57 40.43 19 Kegalle 154 62 40.26 20 Kandy 406 162 39.90 21 Anuradhapura 229 90 39.30 22 Gampaha 625 243 38.88 23 Batticaloa 135 52 38.52 24 Vavuniya 39 12 30.77 25 Mullative 15 3 20.00

5,456 2,337 42.83

Other Stream

Number Sat



All Island

District

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G.C.E.(A.L.) Examination - 2018

All Candidates - Results by Grades in each subject

Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %

01. Physics 76,465 2,459 3.22 6,295 8.23 17,861 23.36 28,622 37.43 55,237 72.24 21,228 27.76 02. Chemistry 78,648 5,910 7.51 7,671 9.75 15,941 20.27 25,505 32.43 55,027 69.97 23,621 30.03 07. Mathematics 152 3 1.97 5 3.29 10 6.58 39 25.66 57 37.50 95 62.50 08. Agricultural Science 18,575 317 1.71 1,316 7.08 5,571 29.99 6,094 32.81 13,298 71.59 5,277 28.41 09. Biology 46,944 2,170 4.62 5,816 12.39 13,033 27.76 14,126 30.09 35,145 74.87 11,799 25.13 10. Combined Mathematics 35,678 3,060 8.58 3,876 10.86 6,508 18.24 10,069 28.22 23,513 65.90 12,165 34.10 11. Higher Mathematics 5 1 20.00 1 20.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 2 40.00 3 60.00 13. General English 250,115 12,295 4.92 12,279 4.91 25,267 10.10 51,588 20.63 101,429 40.55 148,686 59.45 14. Civil Technology 259 0 0.00 4 1.54 70 27.03 107 41.31 181 69.88 78 30.12 15. Mechanical Technology 42 0 0.00 0 0.00 10 23.81 18 42.86 28 66.67 14 33.33 16. Electrical, Electronic & Information Technology 43 0 0.00 2 4.65 4 9.30 19 44.19 25 58.14 18 41.86 17. Food Technology 144 0 0.00 1 0.69 39 27.08 54 37.50 94 65.28 50 34.72 18. Agro Technology 1,085 9 0.83 58 5.35 275 25.35 356 32.81 698 64.33 387 35.67 19. Bio Resource Technology 67 0 0.00 0 0.00 21 31.34 29 43.28 50 74.63 17 25.37 20. Information & Communication Technology 23,956 329 1.37 1,398 5.84 5,830 24.34 9,259 38.65 16,816 70.20 7,140 29.80 21. Economics 61,239 8,826 14.41 8,274 13.51 13,962 22.80 15,285 24.96 46,347 75.68 14,892 24.32 22. Geography 42,311 2,514 5.94 5,369 12.69 10,437 24.67 14,940 35.31 33,260 78.61 9,051 21.39 23. Political Science 48,247 2,104 4.36 5,004 10.37 11,781 24.42 14,937 30.96 33,826 70.11 14,421 29.89 24. Logic & Scientific Method 10,262 769 7.49 1,450 14.13 2,637 25.70 2,671 26.03 7,527 73.35 2,735 26.65 25A. History of India 13,924 2,815 20.22 2,792 20.05 3,700 26.57 2,920 20.97 12,227 87.81 1,697 12.19 25B. History of Europe 4,190 385 9.19 685 16.35 1,215 29.00 1,091 26.04 3,376 80.57 814 19.43 25C. History of Modern World 25 1 4.00 0 0.00 2 8.00 8 32.00 11 44.00 14 56.00 28. Home Economics 5,594 516 9.22 2,036 36.40 2,849 50.93 188 3.36 5,589 99.91 5 0.09 29. Communication & Media Studies 24,203 1671 6.90 3002 12.40 5761 23.80 7980 32.97 18,414 76.08 5789 23.92 31. Business statistics 908 125 13.77 161 17.73 236 25.99 215 23.68 737 81.17 171 18.83 32. Business Studies 53,924 3,057 5.67 8,687 16.11 18,886 35.02 16,447 30.50 47,077 87.30 6,847 12.70 33. Accounting 54,211 5,045 9.31 5,394 9.95 10,758 19.84 18,249 33.66 39,446 72.76 14,765 27.24 41. Buddhism 1,262 80 6.34 141 11.17 328 25.99 463 36.69 1,012 80.19 250 19.81 42. Hinduism 621 38 6.12 55 8.86 161 25.93 223 35.91 477 76.81 144 23.19 43. Christianity 2,372 157 6.62 163 6.87 486 20.49 1,090 45.95 1,896 79.93 476 20.07 44. Islam 6,707 806 12.02 1343 20.02 2,220 33.10 1,690 25.20 6,059 90.34 648 9.66 45. Buddhist Civilization 28,314 2221 7.84 3723 13.15 6,935 24.49 9,200 32.49 22,079 77.98 6235 22.02 46. Hindu Civilization 4,329 689 15.92 886 20.47 1,517 35.04 991 22.89 4,083 94.32 246 5.68 47. Islamic Civilization 3,111 712 22.89 676 21.73 881 28.32 582 18.71 2,851 91.64 260 8.36 48. Greek & Roman Civilization 266 21 7.89 39 14.66 68 25.56 66 24.81 194 72.93 72 27.07 49. Christian Civilization 1,107 203 18.34 200 18.07 359 32.43 251 22.67 1,013 91.51 94 8.49 51. Art 5,147 430 8.35 826 16.05 1,851 35.96 1,575 30.60 4,682 90.97 465 9.03 52. Dancing (Indigenous) 6,868 941 13.70 1,568 22.83 2,169 31.58 1,506 21.93 6,184 90.04 684 9.96 53. Dancing (Bharatha) 677 115 16.99 174 25.70 238 35.16 122 18.02 649 95.86 28 4.14 54. Oriental Music 2,848 575 20.19 563 19.77 830 29.14 593 20.82 2,561 89.92 287 10.08 55. Carnatic Music 933 100 10.72 189 20.26 371 39.76 217 23.26 877 94.00 56 6.00 56. Western Music 76 13 17.11 13 17.11 29 38.16 16 21.05 71 93.42 5 6.58 57. Drama & Theatre (Sinhala) 4,066 327 8.04 693 17.04 1,508 37.09 1,140 28.04 3,668 90.21 398 9.79 58. Drama & Theatre (Tamil) 1,873 48 2.56 316 16.87 974 52.00 488 26.05 1,826 97.49 47 2.51 59. Drama & Theatre (English) 1 1 100.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 100.00 0 0.0065. Engineering Technology 14,094 162 1.15 1,106 7.85 3,195 22.67 7,034 49.91 11,497 81.57 2,597 18.43 66. Bio systems Technology 9,532 116 1.22 1,249 13.10 3,043 31.92 3,786 39.72 8,194 85.96 1,338 14.04 67. Science for Technology 24,671 487 1.97 1,946 7.89 4,624 18.74 11,416 46.27 18,473 74.88 6,198 25.12 71. Sinhala 67,324 8,185 12.16 18,552 27.56 23,418 34.78 12,186 18.10 62,341 92.60 4,983 7.40 72. Tamil 13,996 452 3.23 1,518 10.85 3,688 26.35 5,460 39.01 11,118 79.44 2,878 20.56 73. English 1,493 9 0.60 44 2.95 215 14.40 482 32.28 750 50.23 743 49.77 74. Pali 1,152 74 6.42 138 11.98 312 27.08 390 33.85 914 79.34 238 20.66 75. Sanskrit 583 23 3.95 53 9.09 121 20.75 202 34.65 399 68.44 184 31.56 78. Arabic 2,013 330 16.39 428 21.26 635 31.54 416 20.67 1,809 89.87 204 10.13 79. Malay 1 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 100.00 1 100.00 0 0.0081. French 877 4 0.46 24 2.74 139 15.85 276 31.47 443 50.51 434 49.49 82. German 249 71 28.51 51 20.48 52 20.88 44 17.67 218 87.55 31 12.45 83. Russian 29 8 27.59 4 13.79 9 31.03 7 24.14 28 96.55 1 3.45 84. Hindi 578 20 3.46 63 10.90 181 31.31 176 30.45 440 76.12 138 23.88

86. Chinese 136 61 44.85 18 13.24 11 8.09 20 14.71 110 80.88 26 19.12

87. Japanese 1,211 110 9.08 96 7.93 239 19.74 369 30.47 814 67.22 397 32.78

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G.C.E.(A.L.) Examination - 2017 & 2018

Subjectwise Performance of All Candidates

Number SatNumber Passed

(A+B+C+S) % Number Sat

Number Passed

(A+B+C+S) %

01. Physics 74403 50115 67.36 76465 55237 72.2402. Chemistry 76522 52930 69.17 78648 55027 69.9707. Mathematics 64 29 45.31 152 57 37.5008. Agricultural Science 16260 12317 75.75 18575 13298 71.5909. Biology 45167 34096 75.49 46944 35145 74.8710. Combined Mathematics 35004 23124 66.06 35678 23513 65.9011. Higher Mathematics 4 2 50.00 5 2 40.0013. General English 241962 98377 40.66 250115 101429 40.5514. Civil Technology 245 190 77.55 259 181 69.8815. Mechanical Technology 45 34 75.56 42 28 66.6716. Electrical, Electronic & Information Technology 73 47 64.38 43 25 58.1417. Food Technology 160 114 71.25 144 94 65.2818. Agro Technology 1360 1005 73.90 1085 698 64.3319. Bio Resource Technology 94 74 78.72 67 50 74.6320. Information & Communication Technology 18754 12927 68.93 23956 16816 70.2021. Economics 64591 49532 76.69 61239 46347 75.6822. Geography 36986 32059 86.68 42311 33260 78.6123. Political Science 45982 35052 76.23 48247 33826 70.1124. Logic & Scientific Method 10710 7128 66.55 10262 7527 73.3525A. History of India 13728 11693 85.18 13924 12227 87.8125B. History of Europe 4144 3343 80.67 4190 3376 80.5725C. History of Modern World 31 13 41.94 25 11 44.0028. Home Economics 4926 4907 99.61 5594 5589 99.9129. Communication & Media Studies 19884 16247 81.71 24203 18414 76.0831. Business statistics 821 695 84.65 908 737 81.1732. Business Studies 56619 49475 87.38 53924 47077 87.3033. Accounting 56573 43158 76.29 54211 39446 72.7641. Buddhism 1128 993 88.03 1262 1012 80.1942. Hinduism 609 458 75.21 621 477 76.8143. Christianity 2069 1949 94.20 2372 1896 79.9344. Islam 6305 5722 90.75 6707 6059 90.3445. Buddhist Civilization 24796 20528 82.79 28314 22079 77.9846. Hindu Civilization 4139 3781 91.35 4329 4083 94.3247. Islamic Civilization 2615 2221 84.93 3111 2851 91.6448. Greek & Roman Civilization 268 211 78.73 266 194 72.9349. Christian Civilization 1137 1047 92.08 1107 1013 91.5151. Art 5105 4692 91.91 5147 4682 90.9752. Dancing (Indigenous) 6310 5618 89.03 6868 6184 90.0453. Dancing (Bharatha) 554 538 97.11 677 649 95.8654. Oriental Music 2665 2501 93.85 2848 2561 89.9255. Carnatic Music 979 932 95.20 933 877 94.0056. Western Music 56 50 89.29 76 71 93.4257. Drama & Theatre (Sinhala) 3719 3404 91.53 4066 3668 90.2158. Drama & Theatre (Tamil) 1766 1712 96.94 1873 1826 97.4959. Drama & Theatre (English) 2 2 100.00 1 1 100.0065. Engineering Technology 10845 8954 82.56 14094 11497 81.5766. Bio systems Technology 7009 5659 80.74 9532 8194 85.9667. Science for Technology 18965 13338 70.33 24671 18473 74.8871. Sinhala 62935 59666 94.81 67324 62341 92.6072. Tamil 13822 11440 82.77 13996 11118 79.4473. English 1432 856 59.78 1493 750 50.2374. Pali 1080 960 88.89 1152 914 79.3475. Sanskrit 544 386 70.96 583 399 68.4478. Arabic 1689 1503 88.99 2013 1809 89.8779. Malay - - - 1 1 100.0081. French 906 575 63.47 877 443 50.5182. German 247 195 78.95 249 218 87.5583. Russian 48 42 87.50 29 28 96.5584. Hindi 655 505 77.10 578 440 76.1286. Chinese 109 90 82.57 136 110 80.8887. Japanese 982 658 67.01 1211 814 67.22

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