Scrambling to return to normal life, 42 former LTTE cadres will be among over 1,000 Tamil displaced students who will take the school-level exams next month in Vavuniya and Chettikulam areas in the war-ravaged northern Sri Lanka.
Many of the former Tiger rebels have expressed willingness to go back to studies after spending years in the jungles fighting the Sri Lankan army, according to officials.
The Department of Examinations will issue special Identity Cards (ICs) for over 1,000 displaced candidates, including 42 ex-LTTE cadres, at the Vavuniya and Chettikulam IDP centres to facilitate them to sit for the August 8 GCE(AL) (General Certificate of Education - Advanced Level) exam.
The ICs will be issued as a special arrangement considering the unusual circumstances under which the candidates are sitting for the examination, Commissioner General of Examinations, Anura Edirisinghe, said.
This is the first time that the ICs are being issued to students, he said.
Edirisinghe said many of the former LTTE cadres, who surrendered before the security forces and are now in welfare villages under an amnesty granted by the government, have expressed their desire to pursue studies.
This is an effort by them to return to normal life, he said, adding the Examinations Department was doing everything possible to assist them.
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