The United National Party (UNP) today called on the Education Minister and Higher Education Minister to resign following the annulment of the 2011 Advanced Level examination z-score calculation.

Both ministers had claimed that even though a problematic situation had risen regarding the z-score of last year’s A/L examination, there is no fault in calculation method, says UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayake.

However, the Supreme Court yesterday ordered that z-score calculation for 2011 G.C.E. Advanced Level examination be annulled and that old and new syllabuses be recalculated separately. Therefore the two ministers who declared there is no error in the calculation method must resign from their ministerial portfolios, he said at a press briefing today. 

Attanayake further said that the UNP respects the Supreme Court’s decision and that said method is not appropriate when A/L examination is held under two syllabuses.