The reason for the move is said to be security of Khaw Zar town. Parents confirmed the new examination schedule and said their wards could not do well or pass.
A mother of a student from Khaw Zar said, "They (authorities of the town) announced the examination would start on February 27 and had to be finished in three days.
All the students were tired so they could not do well. The teachers are angry and frustrated at the attitude of the authorities for treating their students in this manner.
The examination schedule for the 9th grade students was changed to two subjects a day -- Burmese and Chemistry, English and Physics and Mathematics and Biology which were to be finished in three days.
There have been clashes between the Mon rebel groups and the Burmese Army almost daily in the area so the authorities of Khaw Zar town stated that the 9th grade examinations would begin on 27 February and must end by 29 February, according to a source in the Education Department of Ye township.
After Khaw Zar village was promoted to the status of a town by the SPDC, the Mon High School of the NMSP's Education Department was taken control of by the regime to reform it to the Basic Education High School.
But the Education Department of the NMSP inaugurated another Mon Middle School (8th grade) in the town.
