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        "id": 1400433,
        "msgid": "students-allowed-to-skip-exams-1447893297",
        "date": "1998-05-08 00:00:00",
        "title": "Students allowed to skip exams",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Students allowed to skip exams BENGKULU: High school students will be given leniency and be allowed to postpone sitting for examinations if they arrive late or cannot get to school as a result of public transportation strikes. \"I have instructed principals to list students who are unable to take part in the exams so they can do a follow-up test,\" Mardansyah, head of the provincial education and culture office, said as quoted by Antara yesterday.",
        "content": "<p>Students allowed to skip exams<\/p>\n<p>BENGKULU: High school students will be given leniency and be<br>\nallowed to postpone sitting for examinations if they arrive late<br>\nor cannot get to school as a result of public transportation<br>\nstrikes.<\/p>\n<p>\"I have instructed principals to list students who are unable<br>\nto take part in the exams so they can do a follow-up test,\"<br>\nMardansyah, head of the provincial education and culture office,<br>\nsaid as quoted by Antara yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>However, there were no reports of absentees as of yesterday<br>\nevening.<\/p>\n<p>He discounted suggestions that the charge of between Rp 23,000<br>\nand Rp 27,500 for those sitting for exams was too high.<\/p>\n<p>He said if some parents found the cost too high, they could<br>\nsubmit papers describing their financial status and ask to be<br>\nexempted. (mds)<\/p>",
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