Ministry sets new academic calendar<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of Education and Culture has
\nestablished a new academic calendar and also has declared that
\nstudents in Maluku's ravaged capital of Ambon will not have to
\nsit for exams, Minister Juwono Sudarsono said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
\"The changes (in the calendar) are final... we have also made
\nspecial arrangements for Ambon, freeing all students from exams.
\nIt's impossible to have exams there,\" he said.<\/p>\n
All students who were to take exams in Ambon will be
\nregistered and given a special pass certificate.<\/p>\n
\"But in other areas also affected by unrest, such as Aceh,
\nPontianak and East Timor... exams will proceed,\" he added.<\/p>\n
Juwono said entrance exams for state universities would be
\nheld well after the June 7 general election. The exams,
\noriginally scheduled for June 17 and June 18, have been
\nrescheduled for June 29 and June 30.<\/p>\n
\"The rescheduling also involves national exams (at the
\nelementary and junior high school levels), quarterly tests and
\nschool holidays... basically because of the current national
\ncondition,\" Juwono told The Jakarta Post after addressing a
\nseminar on civil society.<\/p>\n
Political turmoil and the economic crisis has had a
\nsignificant impact on education, he said.<\/p>\n
\"Many schools have been closed down... some have even been
\nburned to the ground in several areas hit by riots.\"<\/p>\n
\"In Jakarta... schools have been forced to cram teaching
\nmaterials onto students because students frequently have been
\nsent home early due to widespread demonstrations,\" Juwono noted.<\/p>\n
Juwono also said that in order to coordinate school holidays
\nwith the scheduled election campaign period of May 15 to June 4,
\nthe third quarter holiday would be from May 17 to June 12.<\/p>\n
A ministry official confirmed the new academic calendar as
\nreported by Kompas daily:<\/p>\n
* Second quarter holiday: March 1 to March 8<\/p>\n
* High school state exams: May 3 to May 6<\/p>\n
* Elementary and junior high school exams: May 10 to May 12<\/p>\n
* Third quarter holiday: May 17 to June 12<\/p>\n
* School days and quarter exams: June 14 to July 9<\/p>\n
* Final report: July 10<\/p>\n
* Additional third quarter holiday for new enrollments: July
\n12 to July 17<\/p>\n
* Start of the 1999\/2000 academic year: July 19<\/p>\n
* Registration for state university entrance exams: June 15
\nto June 27<\/p>\n
* State university entrance exams: June 29 to June 30.<\/p>\n
\"Unless there are extraordinary conditions, we will stick to
\nthis calendar,\" Juwono added. (edt)<\/p>",
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