The conduct of extra classes for students sitting the Grade Five Scholarship Examination is barred from midnight today until the end of the Examination.
The conduct of tuition classes as well as seminars and workshops for the candidates is banned.
A statement issued by the Examinations Department announced that it is also banned to print, distribute or publish mock papers, through the approximation of questions and recommended answers.
The statement said that legal action will be instituted against any individual or establishment which does not heed these orders.
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