Bali's High School Student Turn in Top Scores in Recent Nation-Wide Testing.
(6/20/2009) Bali's High School graduates earned among the highest passing scores in the nation in just completed national examinations.
The Jakarta Post reports that an amazing 99.82% of those taking the test in Bali managed to pass the notoriously challenging exam.
Among the Island’s vocational high school 98.02% of the students taking the exam managed to pass.
Across the entire island, interim results show that of the 26.775 students who sat for the exam only 48 failed.
Students from Bali's districts of Bangli, Gianyar and Karangasem enjoyed a flawless 100% pass rate on the national exam.
Meanwhile, Denpasar students reportedly excelled in Social Studies and the Sciences in the final test results.
The Head of Bali's Education, Youth and Sports Agency, Ketut Wijaya, jubilantly told The Jakarta Post, "it is the highest passing percentage in the country."
Shucks, it must be something in our water.
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