Which syllabus my son should choose - Local or Cambridge

It will not hard to shift the syllabus into Cambridge. In Cambridge syllabus u can choose 5 subjects and tires which he comfortable with.

No, Sri Lankan Syllabus wonna work to Follow. The syllabus Cambridge is necessary for your child to be followed. If you want your child to follow the higher studies abroad, follow the syllabus of Cambridge

There are many students who follow the local syllabus and shift to either Cambridge or Edexcel syllabus. If your son has no issue with the usage of the English language sometimes shifting to a different syllabus won't be an issue. Further, always ask your son about his preference, because it is him who has to follow. The basic subject backgrounds are a bit similar in the local and Cambridge syllabus the way they are structured is different. This might confuse students sometimes. The students who shift from local O/L to either Cambridge or Edexcel syllabus are perfectly doing fine as per my knowledge. The international recognition is high for the Cambridge syllabus compared to the Local syllabus, but that won't be a barrier to your son at all if he decided to follow local O/L at all. Always think from the student's point of view and get a decision.

My opinion is to do Local syllabus, then your child will be able to gain local or foreign higher studies as well as good job, problem is you have to select which field or stream will suitable for him because every thing depend on child mind capacity and will power, not the local or foreign education curriculum. Other thing do not force him, allow to choose.

As for moving to do the London syllabus if the student is competent in English it won’t be an issue. As for the local A/level, yes it’s accepted in any foreign country for admission.

I think this is right time to change your stream, no problem you can follow well Cambridge syllabus if you wish. However, keep in mind that the local syllabus in which you study is also accepted in foreign universities.

It is better to continue the local syllabus if he was doing that upto now switching to Cambridge syllabus may have a bit of confusions but all depends on how he adopt to the new change

If the child is getting above average marks for the subjects, he can follow Cambridge Syllabus with no problem. However you need to find out that this particular school have trained teachers who can teach International Syllabuses, specially all science subjects syllabuses have changed starting from 2023 examination year onwards. As for university intakes, students who sit for international examinations do not have to do a separate English qualification exam, however if the student do Local examinations they do have to sit for IELTS or an equivalent English qualification exam before going to a university abroad

Dear parent, it is better to talk to the child and find out his future goals or ambition. Whether he wants to live in Sri Lanka or foreign country. If the child follows the Cambridge syllabus he won't be able to enter a local university If the child follows the local syllabus he can enter any university in the world Degrees given in local universities are accepted all over the world What ever syllabus he follows he can catch up because it is prepared to the level of the child's brain level. At the beginning child may be little weak but can catch up by hard working. The thing is we have to focus our future ambition and select the syllabus according to that

Dear Student, This is right time to change your stream, no problem you can follow well Cambridge syllabus. Anyway if you do local syllabus, it is also acceptable in foreign universities. Best wishes,

Our local syllabus is recognized in most of the foreign uni's due to the higher performance levels of our students at their exams in the past. Hence the stream will not effect the entry to any Uni as long as the child performs at our local exams. When addressing the matter of English Language ability, you could get him/her to follow the Cambridge English Language exams parallel to the local stream (if it is decided to follow the local stream) At the local Cambridge Principles (Skills for Life (Pvt) Ltd, No 01,36th Lane, Colombo 08.) or Gateway up to B1 or B2 level which will equal to the IELTS parallel marking scores that are standardized as per European Standard levels. This way you can remove the Language Proficiency Gap. This way the child is free to decide the transfer at grade 9 without issues. All the best!

My advice is to allow the child to decide whether to follow the Cambridge syllabus or the local syllabus, whichever he feels comfortable with. When it comes to the issue of getting admission to a university in UK, Canada, USA, Australia or NZ, they will not ask for a IELTS band score if the student has the Cambridge A/L. Sri Lankan A/L is highly recognised all over the world because of its very high standard, irrespective of whether it has been done in Sinhala, Tamil or English Medium. With local A/L, one will be asked to produce IELTS certificate to enter a university to study in the English medium.