Millions to attend national exams

Millions to attend national exams

JAKARTA: Around 4 million junior high school students
nationwide begin national final examinations on Monday, a senior
government official said.

Indra Djati Sidi, the director general for elementary and high
school education at the Ministry of National Education, said on
Sunday that three subjects, namely Indonesian, English and
mathematics, would be mandatory during the exams.

The materials of the remaining subjects were made by the
respective schools, Indra said.

Indra said students who failed the exams were eligible to
repeat the tests one week after the final exams.

He said the government had spent Rp 217.5 billion for the
examinations and was therefore no reason that schools should
charge students to take the tests. -- Antara