Students at the Israel Institute of Technology here were on strike today in protest against the rigorous examination system in effect at the school.
The authorities have refused to modify the examination procedures, insisting that the type of examination now given is necessary for maintenance of the college’s high academic level. The students are therefore boycotting today’s official opening of the new term.
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