High school students protest against "early introduction" of new leaving exams

Around five thousand high school students protested in Prague on Friday morning against new state high school leaving exams being introduced too soon. According to current legislation, uniform leaving exams were supposed to be introduced in 2008. But student protestors have said the exams have not been prepared well enough to be put into use yet. On Friday students made their way through the capital, whistling and carrying placards, stopping in front of the Education Ministry. Traffic was temporarily burdened in a number of areas but there were no serious incidents.