Education activists said on Friday that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s acknowledgement of problems in the country’s education sector was not enough and now he had to take steps to remedy the shortcomings.
The exam has long been plagued by cheating, and many critics question the fairness of giving the same test to students across the country when the quality of teaching and school facilities varies widely from region to region.
This year, students must get an average score of 5.5 out of a possible 10 in each of the subjects on the national exam in order to pass and be eligible to advance to the next level.
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