Riau schools close registration

Riau schools close registration

Almost 13,000 elementary and junior high school students in
Pekanbaru, Riau, will not be able to pursue their studies in
affordable state schools, the Antara news agency reported on
Monday.

The students who failed to pass the national examination
recently were supposed to take another supplementary examination
on Monday. However, almost all state schools had closed
registrations on Saturday last week.

Riau Education Office head Tengku Dahril said on Monday the
office had asked the state high schools to delay closing
registrations. But, the schools ignored the call because their
study places were already occupied by students who had passed the
national test, Tengku said.

Amrul, a parent of a student who failed the national exam,
said he was disappointed about the premature closure of
registrations.

"My son is still struggling to pass the senior high school
supplementary test," Amrul said as quoted by detik.com.

About 7,000 elementary school students and 5,904 junior high
school students failed the exam, education office data showed. -- Antara