Rules and Regulations

Applications and Selection of Applications

  1. Only 1000 applications will be accepted for the competition on first come first served and district quota basis. The district quota is derived based on the student population proportion of districts in the country.
  2. Only one team from each school consisting of four participants is allowed to participate in the competition.
  3. Applied team should consist of the students who are currently studying in grade 9 - 12 in the relevant school.
  4. It is possible to amend the team members who have been nominated in the application form, before the commencement of the first round exam. This can be done on the day of the first round examination under the approval of the principal of the school.
  5. Decisions made by the judges will be the final and the organizing committee reserves all the decision making privileges.
  6. Identity of the team members and the teacher in-charge of the team should be certified by the principal of the relevant school.
  7. National ID, Postal ID or a certified photograph of the student by the principal of the school, should be produced to confirm the identity. In case of a certified photograph, two copies are required of which one would be retained with the organizing committee.
  8. The closing date for applications is 24th of April 2008 and all the late applications will be rejected.
  9. If teams fail to register before the relevant date and time, their application will be rejected.
  10. The competition will consist of three main rounds as shown below.

    Competition Procedure

  11. Examination procedure and other relevant details will be forwarded to the school with admission letter in response to their application.
  12. Number of schools selected from each district will depend on the quota as shown below.
Province District District Quota Province Quota
No of Schools No of Students No of Schools No of Students
Western Colombo 90 360 11 52
Gampaha 84 336 11 52
Kalutara 50 200 8 40
Central Kandy 68 272 9 44
Matale 24 96 8 40
Nuwara Eliya 39 156 8 40
Southern Galle 55 220 9 44
Matara 41 164 8 40
Hambantota 32 128 8 40
Nothern Jaffna 34 136 8 40
Kilinochchi 9 36 5 28
Mannar 7 28 5 28
Vavuniya 11 44 5 28
Mullativu 8 32 5 28
Eastern Batticalo 32 128 8 40
Ampara 40 160 8 40
Trincomalee 25 100 8 40
North Western Kurunegala 78 312 11 52
Puttlam 41 164 8 40
North Central Anuradhapura 45 180 8 40
Polonnaruwa 20 80 8 40
Uva Badulla 47 188 8 40
Monaragala 26 104 8 40
Sabara- gamuwa Ratnapura 54 216 9 44
Kegalle 40 160 8 40
Total 1000 4000 200 1000

Selection criteria of schools for the second examination (Province Level)

  1. Eight schools will be selected from each district.
  2. If the amount of students exceeds 300,000 in a particular district additional three schools will be selected from that district.
  3. If the amount of students exceeds 200,000 in a particular district additional one school will be selected from that district.
  4. If the amount of students is below 50,000 in a particular district only five schools will be selected from that district.