High performers to get ahead

High performers to get ahead

TANGERANG: The Banten provincial education agency kicked off
on Friday a program to enable clever students from poor families
to enter respected schools without first having to sit tests.

"The program is only for students from state-run junior high
schools who want to enter senior high school," said Herry Mulya
Zein, head of the Tangerang municipality's education agency, as
quoted by Antara.

Earlier, the municipality had floated the idea of free
education and had also started allocating full-time scholarships
for 40 students in each state-run elementary and secondary
schools.

However, Salimun, 46, a parent who lives in Cipondoh Makmur,
Tangerang, expressed the hope that "the no-admission-test program
won't only benefit the relatives of teachers". -- JP