The Grade 05 Scholarship Examination is one of the highly competitive Sri Lankan examinations first introduced in 1947 conducted by the Department of Examinations of the Ministry of Education.
It is optional for students to undertake it during the final year of primary school .
Based on the cut off marks of the exam, students could transfer to prominent national schools. The exams are held in two mediums: Sinhala and Tamil.
The Scholarship Examination was a means for gifted students from villages to move to better schools with government scholarships.
Overview of Grade 05 Scholarship Exam 2023 October
The grade 05 scholarship examination was held on October 15 (Sunday), across 2,888 examination centers across the country.
This year 337956 pupils took the grade 05 scholarship exam throughout the country and special provisions were made for those in areas affected by flooding.
The scholarship examination went smoothly across the county, with no significant incidents.
| Examination Name | Grade 05 Scholarship Examination (2023 October) |
| Examination Type | Scholarships Of Government Education |
| Category | exam result |
| Organization | Department Of Examination in Sri Lanka |
| Exam Year | 2023 |
| Exam Date | 15th October 2023 |
| County | Sri Lanka |
| 2023 Result Release Official Website | https://www.doenets.lk and www.exams.gov.lk |
Grade 05 Scholarship 2023 Result releasing Date
| Year | Grade 05 scholarship exam date | Result issued date |
| 2020 | 11 October 2020 | 16 November 2020 |
| 2021 | 22 January 2021 | 14 March 2021 |
| 2022 | 18 December 2022 | 12 January 2023 |
| 2023 | 15 October 2023 | 18th November 2023 (Updated: 19.10.2023) |
2023 Grade 05 Scholarship Districts vise cut-off marks (last update 2023/11/17)
The District Level Cut-Off Marks for the 2023 Grade 5 Scholarship Examination have been made public by the Department of Examinations. Consequently, the following are the district-specific cut-off marks:
| District | Sinhala Medium | Tamil Medium | District | Sinhala Medium | Tamil Medium |
| Colombo | 154 | 147 | Mullaitivu | 145 | 145 |
| Gampaha | 154 | 147 | Kurunegala | 154 | 147 |
| Kandy | 154 | 147 | Hambantota | 150 | 143 |
| Matara | 154 | 147 | Polonnaruwa | 149 | 143 |
| Kurunegala | 154 | 147 | Badulla | 149 | 144 |
| Kegalle | 154 | 144 | Monaragala | 149 | 143 |
| Ratnapura | 150 | 144 | Puttalam | 148 | 143 |
| Anuradhapura | 148 | 143 | Nuwara-Eliya | 146 | 144 |
| Trincomalee | 146 | 144 | Mannar | 145 | 143 |
| Galle | 154 | 147 | Ampara | 148 | 145 |
| Batticaloa | – | 145 | Kalutata | 154 | 147 |
| Matale | 154 | 147 | Kilinochchi | – | 144 |
| Jaffna | – | 145 | ————— | ——– | ———- |
When the Grade 05 Scholarship Exam Results 2022–2023 are released, how can I check them?
In certain situations, checking the Grade 05 Scholarship results after they are released could cause you issues. The majority of applicants use the www.doenets.lk website to view their exam results online.
The website gets sluggish simultaneously because so many candidates are accessing it at once. This will also mean that you would have to wait for a very lengthy period.
However, using our website to view the 2023 Grade 05 scholarship results will be more convenient for you. since we have given you a direct link to the exam department’s official website.
You will be taken straight to the results page as a result. The proper method for accessing your 2022 O/L Exam Results via the Examination Department’s official website is given below.
01.Visit www.doenets.lk, the official website of Sri Lanka’s Examination Department.
02.Find the Grade 05 scholarship index number.
03.Type in your exam index number.
04.Click submit button. Now You can see the exam result.
Make sure your name matches the one listed in the exam results at all times. In this manner, you can determine whether the index number you supplied was correct.
How to Use the SMS Service on a Sri Lankan Mobile Phone to verify the Grade 05 Scholarship exam Results.
This is a really simple way. Because, in many circumstances, the website becomes quite active right after the exam results are announced.
Then access to the www.doenets.lk and www.exams.gov.lk websites becomes problematic. As a result, you will find it easy to obtain findings via SMS.
Type exam {exam code} Space {index number} and send to 1919 to get results via SMS.
Additionally, there is now a way to receive SMS depending on the type of your phone service provider. Below are those methods.
- Mobitel: EXAMS <index number> and send to 8884 from your Mobile
- Dialog: EXAMS <index number> and send to 7777 from your Mobile
- Hutch: EXAMS <index number> and send to 8888 from your Mobile
You can also access your results via the Department of Examination (DOE) Mobile App. First and foremost, you must download the App to your Android phone.
As a result, you can use the link here to download the doenets.lk Mobile App.
When will the next Grade 05 Scholarship Exam in 2024 begin?
Usually, the Grade 05 Scholarship exam is held in the months in January and December previous years. However, due to the disasters that occurred in Sri Lanka, the entire educational system suffered a severe setback.
Due to this, it was not possible to hold the grade 5 scholarship exam, O/L exam, and A/L exam on the scheduled dates. But now the previous situation is disappearing and the country is becoming normal. Because of this, many people in the field of education are committed to returning the education system to its previous state.
As the country becomes its normal next year Grade 05 Scholarship examination is most likely to be held in the month October 2024.
However the examination department has not yet confirmed a precise date, but as soon as the specifics are disclosed, a complete notice will be published on our website ExamResults.lk so stay tuned.
