Most students fail mock national examination

DENPASAR: A total of 15, 781 senior high school students, or 60 percent of the 25,453 students sitting the national examination, failed to score the passing grade of 5.5 in a recent simulation.

Held in the middle of February, the simulation aimed at gauging the students' preparedness in coping with the actual national examination scheduled to be held on March 22.

"The result is that only 9,762 students pass the exam," Bali education agency head Wayan Suasta said. - JP