SriLanka, Nov. 1 -- The Government had to spend an additional Rs. 13.5 million to reprint question papers for the 2024 Grade 3 and Grade 11 final examinations in the North Central Province after the papers were leaked to teachers conducting tuition classes, a new audit report has revealed.

According to the report released by the National Audit Office, the North Central Provincial Education Department had awarded a contract worth Rs. 54,397,908 to the Provincial Development, Construction and Machinery Agency to print the examination papers for the province's schools in 2024.

However, the department was forced to temporarily suspend the examinations after all the question papers intended for Grade 3 and Grade 11 students were reportedly f...