Sakvithi had applied to sit for GCE Advanced Level while in prison but has withdrawn

Sakvithi had applied to sit for GCE Advanced Level while in prison but has withdrawn

Sakvithi Ranasinghe wh is serving a long jail term for misappropriating  a  huge sum of

depositor’s funds had opted to sit for the GCE Advanced Level examination while been an inmate of the prison had not sat for the examinations citing lack of time as the excuse.

He had opted to sit for subjects under Arts like Political science, European culture, English and literature. He had failed to sit for the paper that was sent on the 13th.

As he had not made sufficient preparations he had reqested to to send other papers.

He is a person who has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment and is only passed GCE Ordinary level examinations but is fluent in Englsh.It is learnt that while in the prison in Welikada  L ward  he has been giving lessons in English to his colleague prisoners.