Exams scheduled except in Ambon

Exams scheduled except in Ambon

JAKARTA: National final examinations for senior high school will be carried out on schedule from May 3 through May 6, except for Ambon, Maluku, due to security reasons.

At least 300 have died in clashes with religious overtones since January in the province. Antara did not specify whether exams in other regencies apart from the Ambon capital would go on as scheduled.

"The situation in Ambon has not been conducive for taking exams, therefore a special one will be conducted in June," the director general of elementary and high school, Indra Jati Sidi, said here on Monday.

Indra Jati was visiting four high schools in Ambon.

In Sambas, West Kalimantan, where at least 200 have died in unrest, Indra Jati said special exams would also be held in June for students who failed to sit for them this week. A few dozen students turned up for the exam there.

Conditions in East Timor, he said, were normal enough to enable exams to be taken.