インドネシアでは結婚すると成年とみなされ、公教育を受ける権利を失います。
Six married students barred from exams
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Thu, 04/26/2012 11:12 AM A | A | A |
(Kompas.com/Aswin Rizal Harahap)
Six junior high school students in Kutai Timur regency, East Kalimantan, were disqualified from participating at the National Examinations (UN) this week for being married.
Imam Hidayat, an official for the regency’s education agency, said that he was disappointed in the students’ decision to put marriage ahead of education.
“They still have future, why do they choose to be married now?” he said on Wednesday, as quoted by kompas.com.
But he also said that the local administration could not intervene in the personal decisions of each of student.
The local education agency’s decision is controversial, as many of its neighboring counterparts have allowed married, and even pregnant, students to take the test.
A total of 3,653 junior high-school students sat the exams this week, while 66 others were disqualified for various reasons.
The exams run from April 23 to 26, consisting of four subjects including Bahasa Indonesia, English, Mathematics and science. (asa/dic)
Six married students barred from exams
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Thu, 04/26/2012 11:12 AM A | A | A |
(Kompas.com/Aswin Rizal Harahap)
Six junior high school students in Kutai Timur regency, East Kalimantan, were disqualified from participating at the National Examinations (UN) this week for being married.
Imam Hidayat, an official for the regency’s education agency, said that he was disappointed in the students’ decision to put marriage ahead of education.
“They still have future, why do they choose to be married now?” he said on Wednesday, as quoted by kompas.com.
But he also said that the local administration could not intervene in the personal decisions of each of student.
The local education agency’s decision is controversial, as many of its neighboring counterparts have allowed married, and even pregnant, students to take the test.
A total of 3,653 junior high-school students sat the exams this week, while 66 others were disqualified for various reasons.
The exams run from April 23 to 26, consisting of four subjects including Bahasa Indonesia, English, Mathematics and science. (asa/dic)