2013 A/L Economics paper 'imported from London"

2013 Economics question paper .... a copy of London A/L Inquiries on President's orders

Certain students, teachers' associations have made allegations that the current A/L Economics examination paper is confusing while some of the questions are interpreted in the syllabus in a strange or unfamiliar manner. However, the Commissioner of Examinations responded saying that everything was once again checked and that there are no errors to be observed.
But according to an exposure of the Rivira Sunday newspaper yesterday, 21 out of the 50 multiple choice questions have been point-blank copied from the old London Economics questions and have been confirmed as incorrectly presented.

The Hon. President has ordered Minister of Education, Mr. Bandula Gunawardena yesterday (10) to conduct an immediate inquiry about this revelation and forward a report to him.

21 questions which were seen in the London A/L Economics question papers from 2007 - 2012 have been included in the A/L first paper of the 2013 Economics paper.

It is also understood that according to the order issued by the Hon. President, the Minister of Education,Mr. Bandula Gunawardena has requested for a written explanation yesterday (10) from the Commissioner of Examinations to forward a report in this connection within a week's time.

It is learned that steps had been taken to oust the Professor who was in charge of the Economics question paper for sometime from this year's (2014) Economics paper where preparation of the paper is concerned.

This is an incident which brought a black mark on the history of A/L examinations in this country.