FLOOD FORCES VILLAGE SCHOOLS TO POSTPONE SEMESTER EXAMS

Jakarta, Jan 11 (ANTARA) - A flood inundating three villages in Bangli district, Pasuruan, East Java, since last Saturday (Jan 9) until Monday (Jan 11) morning has forced three local elementary schools to postpone their semester examinations.

The three schools are the Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Miftahul Anwar Kalianyar, State Elementary School (SDN) 1 Kalianyar and State Elementary School (SDN) Tambaan.

M Syafi'i, headmaster of the Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Miftahul Anwar Kalianyar, said his school could only conduct the final exam for students in classes 1,2 and 3 while students in classes 4,5 and 6 were unable to take the exam since their class-rooms were still dirty by the mud from the flood.

Meanwhile, the semester exam at SDN 1 Kalianyar was completely postponed since all papers for the examination had been affected by the flood water.

SDN 1 Kalianyar's headmaster, Ismail, said his school was supposed to conduct the semester exam starting this Monday (Jan 11) to Friday (Jan 15). However, he expected the exam would be started on Tuesday (Jan 12) soon after the school had the damaged exam papers replaced with new ones.

SDN Tambaan was also among the schools unable to execute the semester exam. The headmaster, Nikmah, said students of classes 1, 2, 3 and 4 could have their exam in accordance with the exact schedule. However, those studying in class 5 had to take the exam in the library room while students in class 6 were completely unable to follow semester exam because their class room was still soiled by mud from the flood.***