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Jayapura primary kids sit exams

Nearly 5,000 primary school students in Jayapura, the capital of Papua, started their three-day national exams on Monday, part of 4

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Mon, May 6, 2013 Published on May. 6, 2013 Published on 2013-05-06T14:53:57+07:00

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early 5,000 primary school students in Jayapura, the capital of Papua, started their three-day national exams on Monday, part of 4.13 million taking the exams nationwide.

The 4,973 students come from 95 primary schools in Jayapura, who will take the exams in seven main schools.

'€œAmong them are Hikmah I Yapis, SDN Inpres I APO, and SDN I Hamadi,'€ said Jayapura national exams organizing committee chief Cliford Korwa, as quoted by Antara news agency.

The first day of exams will be on bahasa Indonesia then mathematics and natural sciences on following days.

With regard to the distribution of the exam materials, Korwa said there were no problems and advised parents to pay special attention to their children'€™s health and study preparations for the exams. (asw)

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