Sri Lanka, June 21 -- Education and Higher Education Deputy Minister Dr. Madura Seneviratne told Parliament that the Grade Five scholarship examination will not be discontinued at once.

He said that the Government has decided to conduct the Grade five Scholarship Examination upto 2029 unchanged.

The Deputy Minister said that the final decision on discontinuing the grade five Scholarship Examination will be made in 2029.

He said that a committee is scheduled to be appointed in 2028 to consider the continuation of the Scholarship after 2029 and the final decision on discontinuing the grade five Scholarship Examination will be made after the committee which will be appointed to review the exam and recommend measures to ease the existing p...