More than 134,000 of the 400,000 or so twelfth-grade students who resat the final school exams managed to pass the second time around, the Ministry of Education and Training announced yesterday.
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Combining them with the students who passed first time, more than 80 percent of the million-odd children who sat for their final exams this year scored a pass or better. Last year the ratio was over 90 percent.
The Ministry of Education and Training has suggested three options for the 260,000 unsuccessful examinees: repeat 12th grade at high school or vocational school, sit in on the classes again and wait for next year’s exam, or learn a trade at vocational school.
