Police to probe examination scam

Police to probe examination scam

BANDUNG: City police say they are prepared to investigate
allegations that school administrators and teachers have been
"fixing" the grades awarded in relation to the national
elementary school final examinations in return for money from
parents.

Bandung Police Col. Didi Widayadi said, however, that to date
no formal complaint had been filed with his office regarding the
allegations, which have been widely reported in the press.

Didi said that tampering with examination results was a crime.
He said that police would launch an investigation as soon as
members of the public had formally lodged a complaint with
them.

High scores in the final elementary school examinations
guarantee pupils automatic admission to the city's top secondary
schools.

Many parents have complained that their children have been
denied admission because they lost out to those who bought their
marks from certain schools. (emb)