No exam result for 10th Standard students who are not from State High Schools

 

Independent Mon News Agency

July 11, 2004

 

The students from outside the State schools those entered 10th Standard of High School Level Education exam in March 2004 are confused after the SPDC’s Education Ministry issued a statement which force them to re-exam lower level 9th Standard exam accordingly to the source from teacher.

 

“In the statement, the students, who are not from the State schools and had special opportunity to exam 10th Standard need to re-exam 9th Standard exam on July 16 if they want to know their 10th Standard exam result,” said Mr. Nai Lyi Chan, a high school Mon teacher.

 

The statement stated on June 28 with the signature of Education Ministry’s Director-General U Tun Kyi, intends all students outside the State High Schools in the Pegu (Bago)Division, Tenasserim (Taninthayi) Division, Irrawaddy (Ayeyawady) Division, Arakan (Rakhaing) state, Mon State and Karen State to re-enter the 9th Standard, accordingly to Mr. Chan.

 

“We never had experience that the 10th Standard students again need to re-enter 9th Standard exam,” said U Yee Tun, an executive member of National Health and Education Committee in the exile.

 

“We have no decision yet whether our students will enter the mentioned exam or not”, said New Mon State Party spokesperson, Nai Aung Shane.

 

About a hundred students from New Mon State Party’s basic High Schools also entered the 10th Standard in March 2004, according to the NMSP spokesperson.

 

“Why does the government act like that, I don’t know their reason. There is no clear reason in the statement.   I have no experience that 10th Standard student need to re-enter 9th Standard,” said Mr. Chan.

 

The SPDC’s Education Ministry set the deadline on July 16 for re-entrance of 9th Standard exam and then 10th Standard result will be released only after that exam, according to the source.

 

Because of the statement, many Mon 10th Standard students from NMSP’s Moulmein District, who entered the government exam shocked and they had no experience like this in the past, the source close to them said.

 

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