Indonesian high school student gives birth while sitting her final-semester exam
- Students at SMA Negeri 1 high school at Sampang on Madura island were taking a final-semester exam when there was a commotion among the students
- The teacher supervising the exam warned the students to calm down, “but they were still noisy and it was followed by the sound of a baby crying”
An Indonesian grade 10 student has given birth suddenly during an exam, causing a stir among teachers and other examinees.
Indonesia news website Detikjatim reported on Friday that students at SMA Negeri 1 high school at Sampang on Madura island were taking a final-semester exam when there was a commotion among the students.
Muhammad Nurchalid, the teacher supervising the exam on Thursday, said that when he heard the noise, “I warned the students to calm down, but they were still noisy and it was followed by the sound of a baby crying”.
On closer inspection, he said, “it turned out that a student was covered in blood, with a baby beside her”.
Nurchalid then contacted a female teacher and the school’s public relations officer, and the student was taken to a community health centre for medical help.
“However, because the baby’s placenta didn’t come out, and the condition of the baby’s mother was unstable, she was finally referred to Dr Mohammad Zyn Sampang Regional Hospital,” he explained.