More than 500,000 candidates are sitting the GCE Ordinary Level examination which began in 3920 centers yesterday. The first document was religion.

According to Examinations Department sources, 385,000 and 146,000 private school candidates sitting the examination candidates this year. Department officials said they have issued guidelines and instructions for the test center is aimed at preventing irregularities.

Meanwhile, 62 former leaders of the LTTE, rehabilitated by the government, submitted for consideration at the Central University of Tamil in Vavuniya yesterday.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Rehabilitation Secretary Dissanayake told the Daily News that 77 students in rehabilitation centers and more than 20 people in prison Welikada sit O / L examination this year.

The review ends on December 21