Teachers won't monitor exams

Teachers won't monitor exams

JAKARTA: Teachers will no longer be allowed to monitor
national exams for vocational, junior and senior high school
students; as of next year.

Based on a recently issued ministerial regulation, the
National Education Standardization Agency will select the
monitors from school committee members, the public and
universities to ensure the objectivity of the outcome of the
tests, the agency head Bambang Suhendro announced during a press
conference.

The agency estimated that some 5 million students would take
the final exams scheduled for the third week of May 2006. Those
who miss the tests for health or other acceptable reasons will
have to take it the following week.

National exams are free of charge and mandatory for students
of state, private and Muslim schools, as well as local students
attending international schools based in the country. There will
be no make-up tests, so those who cannot show up must wait for
the following year. -- Antara