Archive · 16 Dec 2025
Sri Lanka Promotes Students Without Tests
In Sri Lanka, many schools were damaged by a big storm.
Because of this, over 600 schools in three areas will stay closed for the next term.
The government decided that students from grades 6 to 10 will move to the next grade without taking any tests.
The President also talked about building new houses for people who lost their homes in the storm.
A lot of people were affected, with many houses destroyed or damaged.
The government is working to help these families.
640 schools in cyclone-affected areas will remain shut for the third term.
Students in Grades 6 to 10 will be promoted without term tests.
The decision to reopen schools is left to provincial and district authorities.
The government plans to build 8,000 new houses for 15,000 vulnerable families by the end of next year.
2.2 million people were affected by the disaster, with 6,164 houses destroyed and 112,110 partially damaged.
- Who
- Sri Lankan Ministry of Education, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, and affected students and families
- What
- Promotion of students without term tests and plans for disaster recovery
- When
- Third academic term of 2025, with immediate actions following the cyclone
- Where
- Three cyclone-affected provinces in Sri Lanka
- Why
- Due to the impact of the cyclone, which has closed 640 schools and affected 2.2 million people
- Number of Schools Closed
- 640
- Affected Provinces
- Three cyclone-affected provinces
- Academic Year Terms
- Three terms
- Vulnerable Homes Identified
- 15,000
- New Houses to be Built
- 8,000
- People Affected by Disaster
- 2.2 million
- Houses Destroyed
- 6,164
- Houses Partially Damaged
- 112,110