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PART  I :  SEC.  (IIA) – GAZETTE OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA –14.08.2026
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Name: - ………………………………………
Designation: - ……………………………….
Date: -     ……………………………………..
(Must attest by an official stamp)
08-120
DEPARTMENT OF EXAMINATIONS, SRI
LANKA
Catholic Dharmacharya Certificate 
Examination – 2026
STATUTE AND SYLLABUS
APPLICATIONS 
are 
hereby 
called 
for 
Catholic 
Dharmacharya Certificate Examination for year 2024 and 
2025, and arrangements have been made to conduct the 
examination in the month of November 2026. 
2. Examination Centers: - Examination centers will be
established in each district as per the Schedule 01
according to the number of applicants. If there is no
sufficient number of applicants for an examination
center, such centers will be cancelled and the relevant
candidates will be directed to a nearby examination
center.
3. Language Medium: - This examination will be held
in Sinhala, Tamil and English languages. However, a
candidate will be allowed to appear only in one language
medium according to his/her consent.
4. Qualifications: - All applicants applying for this
examination should have acquired at least one of the
following qualifications.
4.1	 Should have passed Catholic Daham Pasal
Final Certificate Examination conducted by the 
Department of Examinations, Sri Lanka.
4.2	 Should have passed Dharmacharya Examination 
or Dharmacharya Special Examination or Honors 
in Dharmacharya Examination conducted by the 
National Catechetic Center.
4.3	 Should have passed G.C.E. (A.L.) Examination 
conducted by the Department of Examinations, 
Sri Lanka with three subjects including either 
Christianity or Christian Civilization.
4.4	 Should have passed 06 subjects in G.C.E. (O.L.) 
Examination including Credit Pass for Catholicism 
in not more than two sittings or should have passed 
Senior School Certificate Examination or National 
General Certificate in Education with Credit Pass 
for Catholicism in not more than two sittings and 
be a teacher with the experience in teaching for not 
less than one year in a Catechism School registered 
under the Department of Christian Religious 
Affairs.
Note :-	 All applicants should submit application 
with the affirmation of the Head Teacher 
of Catechism Schools approved by the 
Department of Christian Religious Affairs 
or with the affirmation of Parish Priest of 
respective mission as to the candidate has 
acquired at least one of the qualifications 
stipulated in para 4 above. 
5. Method of Application :-
5.1	 These applications which should be submitted
only through the Head of the registered Catechism 
Schools have been sent to the Catechism Schools 
by post. Application can also be downloaded from 
the department’s web site www.donets.lk
5.2	 Applicants will not be permitted to appear as 
external candidates. However, applicants who have 
fulfilled the qualifications in Para 4 above may apply 
for the examination by paying an examination fee 
of Rs. 200/- through the Catechism School nearest 
to the applicant’s residence. Instructions in this 
regard will be sent to the Heads of all Catechism 
Schools.
5.3	 Name of the applicant in the application should be 
written in accordance with the name mentioned in 
the birth certificate of the applicant and apart from 
printing errors, the requests for name revisions will 
not be considered after issuing results. Information 
given in applications should be clear and accurate. 
Applications submitted contrary to the instructions 
will be rejected without any notification. 
5.4	 Computer number assigned for the Catechism 
School and the address should be accurately