ALL DONE: (From left) Idie, Edward and Richmend accompanied by their class teacher after completing their UPSR Bahasa Malaysia paper at the Meradong District Education Office in Bintangor.
SARIKEI: The three SK Bandar Bintangor pupils prevented from sitting for the Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) last month, finally got their chance to complete the examination yesterday.
Official sources confirmed that the trio sat for all the papers they missed on Sept 13-14, when they were said to have been locked in a remedial room by school authorities.
“The trio are not required to sit for the papers which they had already taken on September 15. They only need to sit for the papers they missed out on the first two days,” said the source who refused to elaborate.
The special examination session was conducted by officials from the Examination Board at the Meradong District Education Office in Bintangor.
The three pupils — Idie Ganyol, Edward Ujoh Augustine and Richmend Mangi — were said to have been prevented from sitting for the examination as they were considered academically poor thus could pull down the school’s overall performance.
A police report was filed by the pupils’ parents over the incident on Sept 15.
After a team of policemen who went to the school to investigate, found the three boys locked in a room, the school sent the trio to the examination hall to sit for English Paper 1 and 2 and another subject.
Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin later apologised to the pupils’ parents and allowed the pupils to sit for the examination at a later date.
Muhyiddin, who is Education Minister, ordered the Examination Board to prepare examination questions similar to those given earlier.