206.870 Dutch students sit final exams

Monday saw the start of their final exams for 206.870 students in secondary education.
The standards have been raised this year, the average grade for all subjects must now be 5.5 (on a scale from one to ten) or higher.
Education Minister Marja van Bijsterveldt will visit the exam complaints hotline set up by the Landelijk Aktie Komitee Scholieren (National Students Action Committee) on Monday next week.
For half an hour, from 16.30 to 17.00, she will take the calls of examinees who want to file a complaint.
The exams continue until 1 June, with the results to follow two weeks later.
(gsh/imm)

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