Students allowed to skip exams

Students allowed to skip exams

BENGKULU: High school students will be given leniency and be
allowed to postpone sitting for examinations if they arrive late
or cannot get to school as a result of public transportation
strikes.

"I have instructed principals to list students who are unable
to take part in the exams so they can do a follow-up test,"
Mardansyah, head of the provincial education and culture office,
said as quoted by Antara yesterday.

However, there were no reports of absentees as of yesterday
evening.

He discounted suggestions that the charge of between Rp 23,000
and Rp 27,500 for those sitting for exams was too high.

He said if some parents found the cost too high, they could
submit papers describing their financial status and ask to be
exempted. (mds)