Free exams a dream for some<\/p>\n
Third-year students from the SMK PGRI I vocational school in
\nBalaraja, Tangerang regency, met with the regency council
\ncommission E on social welfare on Wednesday, complaining that
\nthey had to pay Rp 440,000 (US$47) to take their National Final
\nExamination.<\/p>\n
They asked the councillors to put pressure on the school to
\nreturn their money because Regent Ismet Iskandar had issued a
\ngubernatorial decree stating that students would not be charged
\nfor the test. The students also presented their receipts for the
\npayment.<\/p>\n
\"We want our money back, please help us. The school management
\nis threatening us and saying we will fail the exam if we report
\nit to our political representatives,\" said one of the students,
\nwho requested anonymity.<\/p>\n
The commission chairman Ozi Saerozi said that the
\nadministration's exam fund had been distributed to each school
\nearlier this month.<\/p>\n
Later, councillor Khamrin Jafar reportedly contacted the
\nregency's education agency head Mas Iman Kusnandar to check on
\nthe matter.<\/p>\n
Kusnandar apparently spoke with the vocational school's
\nprincipal, who claimed that the money they collected would be
\nused for the students' graduation ceremony. The principal, as
\nquoted by Kusnandar, added that the school charged the students
\nbefore the regent issued the decree. -- JP<\/p>",
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