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Transport for examinations

08 Oct 2020

  • Special bus and train service to be arranged
By Sarah Hannan The state-owned public transport institutions, Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) and Sri Lanka Railways (SLR), said that they are ready to arrange special bus and train services to facilitate student and teacher travel for examinations starting on Sunday (11). The Ministry of Education on Wednesday (7) said that special transportation facilities will be made available for the transportation of students sitting for the Grade Five Scholarship and G.C.E. Advanced Level (A/L) examinations this month along with the teachers who are going for exam duties. Given that the entirety of the Gampaha District and a section of the Colombo District are currently under police curfew and cordoned off as isolated areas to prevent the spread of Covid-19, the Ministry of Education said it will arrange transport facilities for students to get to their examination centres on time and to go safely back to their homes after the examinations. The Morning contacted SLTB Deputy General Manager H.A. Pandula to inquire as to how they plan to arrange bus services under the given guidelines. “We are yet to receive an official request from the Ministry of Education and as to what procedures we will have to follow when we are providing transport for children and teachers in the areas that are now isolated. More than that, we will have to call in our staff members from the respective areas to work to operate the buses.” Pandula added that the SLTB is prepared to provide the necessary buses to transport the students. However, they will have to follow a strict time schedule to ensure the bus service does not get misused by any others. “We will have to give them a time as to when the bus leaves from their hometown in the morning and then at what time it would leave the school premises/the town the school is located at back to their homes,” Pandula elaborated. Meanwhile, SLR General Manager M.J.D. Fernando, speaking to The Morning, said that a special train service will operate within the Gampaha District for the purpose of transporting students and teachers commuting for exams. “We are yet to decide the train departure and arrival times and will be able to publish the same latest by Saturday (10). Our staff at the station and the trains will be given all the necessary guidelines they should follow when students and teachers use our train service during this time.” Both institutions noted that they will follow the instructions given to them by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health when transporting the students and teachers for examinations from Sunday onwards.

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