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on the exact date and time they take the examination for each subject matter. At
the time of examination, each student sits at the room based on the examination

identification card , followed by administering exam for each session conducted
by proctors . There are five sessions in each day with 15 minutes break and the

duration of each session is 90 minutes. For Non Primary Education program,
examination takes place on two Sundays consecutively in May and November.

However for the Primary Education. program, examination takes place three days
consecutively in Saturday, Sunday, and Monday on July and December.

Examination attendance list is developed and produced by the UT Head
Office based on students registration. Each examination room for each

examination session consists of not more than 20 students. This grouping is
based on students registration and examination time table, so that an

examination room may consist of several subject matters, considering that UT
offers about 750 subject matters. Students are not allowed to sit more than one
subject matter in one examination session .

UT Head Office also prepares and arranges exam ination papers based on

students registration . One of the reasons is to make sure that the institution
handles those papers safely. Examination paper for each room and each
examination session is packed in a sealed envelope based on computerized

envelope label. This envelope label is developed and produced at the same time

with the production of attendance list and examination identification card . The
envelop label describes the location where examination to be conducted , the
date, the session , the room, the subject matters and number of each subject

matter for each exam room . The sealed envelop will be opened in the designated

examination room at the appropriate time.
Regional Office is responsible for administering examination. In order to
conduct examination , Regional Offices appoint a committee, persons in charge in

examination , including the ones responsible at examination sites, proctors, and

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