Sri Lanka, March 31 -- The majority of Government school candidates who are to sit the G.C.E. (O/.L.) Examination -2023 from May 6 to 15 this year are reported to have failed to obtain their National Identity Cards (NICs) as yet.

The Department of Registrations of Persons has requested all school heads countrywide to avoid until the last moment since the process of issuing NICs to students may take a long time if accurate information is not provided in the relevant application forms, Kurunegala Senior Director of Education W.M.Balasooriya told the Sunday Observer.

Accordingly, nearly 450,000 school candidates are eligible to apply for NIC s annually for this examination but only 200,000 school candidates have applied so far, he said. Ba...