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Student commits suicide after failing exam
A 12th grader in Jambi has reportedly committed suicide after failing the national exam, which this year has seen a nationwide drop in the pass rate
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12th grader in Jambi has reportedly committed suicide after failing the national exam, which this year has seen a nationwide drop in the pass rate.
Sri Wahyuningsih, 18, a student of the SMK Muarojambi vocational school, killed herself around 4 p.m. local time Monday by taking solid fertilizer, after allegedly failing the exam.
A relative, Subrata, 29, said Sri was found in a weakened condition with an amount of fertilizer found nearby.
“When we found her, she was very weak but her pulse was still beating,” he said.
Sri’s family immediately took her to hospital but she died at around 6 p.m.
Based on a statement from the hospital, Subrata said the victim had taken the fertilizer about two hours before she was found.
Sri’s body was brought home Monday evening and buried Tuesday.
A neighbor, Hazrah, said she noticed Sri crying on her way home from school after reading the exam results.
“Other than that, I saw her cleansing herself before performing the noon prayer,” said Hazrah, adding that was the last time she saw her.
This year’s national examinations have seen a drop in the number of students passing the exam across Indonesia. Contrarily, Jambi province announced an increased pass rate.
The Jambi City Education Office announced that 631 of the 7,765 senior high students in Jambi City did not pass the exam this year, a 4.31 percent increase on last years results. In 2009, of the 8,276 students taking part in the exam 631 failed.
“Of the 2,796 state senior high school students sitting for the senior high school UN, 2,772 of them passed while 24 failed the exam,” said Jambi City Education Office head Syihabuddin.
While of the 1,884 private senior high school students, 1,791 of them passed and 93 failed the UN.
As many as 1,176 of the 1,303 state vocational school students passed the exam, while 127 failed, while 2,026 private vocational school students passed with 387 students failing.
Of the 837 state and private Islamic school students sitting for the exams, 773 of them passed, while
64 failed.
