# Sri Lanka Exam Dates 2026-2027: O/L, A/L, Grade 5

Page: https://hirantha.me/updates/exam-calendar
Source: Department of Examinations and Ministry of Education, Sri Lanka (as reported), 2026-10-29

When the O/L, A/L, Grade 5 Scholarship and GIT exams are held in 2026 and 2027, when recent results came out, and a calendar feed. Every date has a source.

When Sri Lanka's national school examinations are held: the G.C.E. O/L, the G.C.E. A/L, the Grade 5 Scholarship and the GIT exam, for 2026 and 2027, and when each recent sitting's results came out. Every date links to the notice or report it comes from, and the Department of Examinations can still change a date.

The Department of Examinations runs these examinations and announces each year's dates well ahead: the 2027 dates were announced in August 2026. It publishes the subject-by-subject timetable and the admission cards closer to each exam, and it can move a date, so check doenets.lk before an exam day.

An examination is named after the year it belongs to, which is not always the year it is held. The 2025 O/L was held 17 to 26 February 2026, and its results came out on 19 June 2026.

How long results take: the Grade 5 Scholarship results came out 24 days after the exam in 2025 and 24 days after it in 2026. The 2025 O/L results took 113 days from the last paper. The 2026 A/L was held 10 August to 5 September 2026; no results date has been announced, and the Commissioner General of Examinations has said the results will be released before the end of 2026.

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Q: When is the 2026 O/L exam?
A: 8 to 17 December 2026 (Tuesday to Thursday), according to the Ministry of Education's schedule. The Department of Examinations issues the subject timetable and admission cards before the exam.

Q: When will the 2026 A/L results be released?
A: No date had been announced as of 29 October 2026. The Commissioner General of Examinations has said the results will be released before the end of 2026, and marking was scheduled to finish by 25 October. They are published on doenets.lk and results.exams.gov.lk.

Q: When is the 2027 A/L exam?
A: 3 to 28 August 2027 (Tuesday to Saturday), according to the Department of Examinations' schedule announced in August 2026.

Q: When is the 2027 Grade 5 Scholarship exam?
A: Sunday 1 August 2027.

Q: When is the 2027 O/L exam?
A: 7 to 17 December 2027 (Tuesday to Friday).

Q: When is the 2027 GIT exam?
A: Sunday 24 October 2027.

Q: Can these dates change?
A: Yes. These are the dates as announced; the Department of Examinations can change them, and it publishes notices on doenets.lk. This page and its calendar feed are updated when it does.

Sources: News 1st, 14 Sep 2025 (https://english.newsfirst.lk/2025/09/14/2025-26-school-exam-dates-announced); News 1st, 20 Jun 2026 (https://english.newsfirst.lk/2026/06/20/2025-o-l-results-released-re-scrutiny-applications-open-from-june-25); Newswire, 2 Sep 2026 (https://www.newswire.lk/2026/09/02/grade-5-scholarship-exam-top-marks-193-in-sinhala-188-in-tamil/); News 1st, 10 Aug 2026 (https://newsfirst.lk/2026/08/10/gce-advanced-level-examination-begins-today-10); News 1st, 6 Sep 2026 (https://www.newsfirst.lk/2026/09/06/a-l-examination-evaluation-commences-results-expected-before-year-end); News 1st, 24 Aug 2026 (https://english.newsfirst.lk/2026/08/24/2027-a-l-o-l-and-grade-5-scholarship-exam-dates-announced)

The full, searchable tables are on the page: https://hirantha.me/updates/exam-calendar