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The national school leaving exam (ENT or NUT) will be held this year in the first ten days of June. This is the time of year when high school students get nervous as their ENT scores will determine whether they get into university, which universities they can go to, and how much government aid they will get.

As students are studying their exam tables and practice books, they got some bad news:
The tests will be harder [RU]. More questions will added to the humanitarian subject tests But the minimum score necessary to be admissible to university, 50 out of 120 points will not change. Nor will the format, multiple choice, despite calls from parents, teachers and students to change to a less structured format that better tests knowledge.

Furthermore, security will be enhanced [RU] including on-duty police at test sites, metal detectors, and cell-phone jammers.

Sounds like even more fun for high school graduates this year.