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Fonds LK-NA/108.30 - Examination (Leakage) Commission

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Reference code

LK LK-NA LK-NA/108.30

Title

Examination (Leakage) Commission

Date(s)

  • 1956 (Creation)

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File 1 ,typed and printed

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Archival history

This Commission was appointed on 27th April 1956, by the governor general to inquire and report on the leakage of question papers set for the Sinhalese teachers certificate examination of April 1956. The commission inquired the procedures adopted by the department of examinations to conduct the examination in order to ascertain whether the adequate measures had been adopted to prevent the leakage of question papers moreover, the terms of reference of the commission included that it should consider the necessity of re-organisation the department by improving the methods adopted in the conduct of examinations and to prevent the leakage of question papers.
The commissioners were C.Nagalingam (chairman), E.F.C.Ludowyk, W.A.De Silva
The report of the commission was published as a Sessional Paper No

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Scope and content

Memoranda, statements, submissions and correspondence regarding administrative matters of the commission (1956)

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Open

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Language of material

  • English
  • Sinhala

Script of material

  • Latin

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Description identifier

LK-NA/PSO/COMM.E

Institution identifier

LK-NA

Rules and/or conventions used

ISAD(G)

Status

Final

Level of detail

Minimal

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

  • Latin

Sources

International Council on Archives Guide to the Sources of Asia History Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka II (Vol 1), National Archives of Sri Lanka, 1996.

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