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The claim

The schoolboy who went viral for calling the Grade 5 Scholarship Exam "easy-peasy" topped the island with 193 marks.

Rating

False

Reviewed by Fact Crescendo Sri Lanka ↗ ·

Original fact check ↗

Original review summary

The review reports that the viral student interviewed outside a Colombo school was not the student who scored 193. It identifies Danoj Theekshana Weerasekara of Kurunegala as the student who achieved the island’s highest score.[S1]

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Sources and attribution

  1. [S1] Fact Crescendo Sri Lanka original review

    Original review · Retrieved October 15, 2026