Sri Lankan government directed that schools be closed for five weeks from 12 March to 20 April , coinciding with the end of the first term and the school exams , which were also canceled due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic .
The government ordered to close schools for five weeks from 12 March to 20 April which also marks the end of the first term and also the academic school exams slated for the first term were also scrapped .
2020 coronavirus pandemic in Sri Lanka