Government to Keep National Exams as Criticism Falls on Deaf Ears

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The Ministry of Education and Culture decided to retain the national examinations, defying criticism from education experts who said the educational policy was a waste of money and would not improve the quality of education.

The Ministry on Friday wrapped up a two-day convention attended by teachers and education experts to evaluate the implementation of the national examinations. The meeting, it claimed, concluded that the national examinations should be taken into consideration when determining students’ graduation.

Deputy Education and Culture Minister Musliar Kasim said that the National Exam Convention decided that student final grades would continue to be determined using both the national exam results and final school tests, weighted 60% and 40% respectively.

The Government’s decision raised the ire of several education activists who have voiced their strong objection of the national examinations and were not given the opportunity to make their case during the convention.

Elin Driana, educator observer from the Education Forum, said that the Ministry of Education and Culture had never intended to start a discussion on the importance of the national exam existence, as they limited the forum to the discussion of the exam’s technical problems. She added that the government had failed to present a clear argument about the importance of the national exam.

The convention also decided that the Government should hand over the task to print and distribute the exam materials to regional administrations, to avoid distribution delays to remote areas.

Government to Keep National Exams as Criticism Falls on Deaf Ears

Pemerintah tetap mempertahankan ujian nasional

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Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan memilih untuk mempertahankan ujian nasional, meskipun mendapat kritikan dari pakar pendidikan yang menganggap kebijakan pendidikan hanya membuang uang dan tidak meningkatkan kualitas pendidikannya.

Wakil Menteri Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Musliar Kasim  Jumat lalu, mengatakan bahwa konvensi memutuskan nilai akhir siswa ditentukan menggungakan hasil ujian nasional dan hasil ujian sekolah dengan bobot masing-masing 60 persen dan 40 persen.

Keputusan pemerintah ini menombulkan kemarahan beberapa aktivis pendidikan. Elin Driana, pengamat pendidikan dari  Forum Pendidikan mengatakan Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan tidak pernah berniat untuk membahas tentang pentingnya diadakan ujian nasional, forum terbatas mereka hanya membahas tentang masalah teknis ujian nasional.

Konvensi juga memutuskan bahwa pemerintah harus menyerahkan soal untuk di cetak dan di distribusi ke pemerintah daerah, untuk menghindari keterlambatan.

 

National Exam Will Continue to be Held

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The long debate over the national exam finally ended when the National Exam Convention decided that it will continue to be held in the nation. This decision covering the management and graduate determinant factor was agreed by all participants of the convention.

Some key points decided during the convention regarding the management of the national exam: 1) the framework of the national exam and creation of exam questions will involve educators and experts 2) the National Education Standards Board will monitor the process of creating the exam questions 3) the duplication and distribution of national exam materials will be handed over to provinces yet monitored by the Central Government and universities 4) to ensure security and prevent any leaks of the national exam questions, the distribution will involve the police and universities 5) those found to be in violation regarding to the national exam implementation will be hit with a severe sanction.

Some key points decided during the convention regarding the requirements necessary for graduating or moving on to the next level include: 1) the determining factor will compose of 60% based on the national exam results and 40% based on the school’s grades 2) the graduate score limit will be increased gradually from year to year 3) report cards must be sent to the Ministry of Education and Culture per semester online 4) using the national exam as a basic tool for intervention to increase the quality of education must immediately be implemented 5) using the national exam as a basic tool for moving on to the next level of education must immediately be implemented.

Deputy Education and Culture Minister Musliar Kasim said the process of duplicating the exam materials will be further discussed at the Ministry along with education offices on whether it will be regional or provincial based.

Bambang Indriyanto, Head of the Education Research and Policy and Innovation Center at the Ministry of Education and Culture’s Research and Development Agency, said convention also discussed on how to improve the credibility and reliability of future implementations of the national exams.

National Exam Will Continue to be Held

Ujian Nasional Tetap Digelar

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Polemik  panjang soal keabsahan ujian nasional (UN) akhirnya berakhir. Konvensi UN menetapkan UN akan tetap digelar dalam agenda tahunan pendidikan. Keputusan ini merupakan kesepakatan konvensi yang meliputi manajemen dan penentuan kelulusan.

Wakil Menteri Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Bidang Pendidikan  Musliar Kasim mengungkapkan, setelah menjalani pra-konvensi di tiga kota pekan lalu, konvensi UN yang diikuti 350 peserta di Jakarta ini satu suara mengesahkan UN untuk tetap digelar.

Ujian merupakan suatu mekanisme penilaian yang mengukur kemajuan belajar peserta didik. Hasil penelitian ujian yang dilakukan pada tingkat satuan pendidikan, ujar Mantan rektor Universitas Andalas, Padang, merupakan bentuk tanggung jawab program pendidikan di daerah dan pusat.

Kepala Pusat Penelitian dan Kebijakan dan Inovasi Pendidikan Badan Penelitian dan Pengembangan (Balitbang) Kemendikbud Bambang Indriyanto menjelaskan, diskusi pada konvensi memusatkan  pada dua topic, yaitu manajemen UN dan penentuan kelulusan.

National Exam Will Continue to be Held

Media Indonesia, Page 1

The long debate over the national exam finally ended when the National Exam Convention decided that it will continue to be held in the nation. This decision covering the management and graduate determinant factor was agreed by all participants of the convention.

Some key points decided during the convention regarding the management of the national exam: 1) the framework of the national exam and creation of exam questions will involve educators and experts 2) the National Education Standards Board will monitor the process of creating the exam questions 3) the duplication and distribution of national exam materials will be handed over to provinces yet monitored by the Central Government and universities 4) to ensure security and prevent any leaks of the national exam questions, the distribution will involve the police and universities 5) those found to be in violation regarding to the national exam implementation will be hit with a severe sanction.

Some key points decided during the convention regarding the requirements necessary for graduating or moving on to the next level include: 1) the determining factor will compose of 60% based on the national exam results and 40% based on the school’s grades 2) the graduate score limit will be increased gradually from year to year 3) report cards must be sent to the Ministry of Education and Culture per semester online 4) using the national exam as a basic tool for intervention to increase the quality of education must immediately be implemented 5) using the national exam as a basic tool for moving on to the next level of education must immediately be implemented.

Deputy Education and Culture Minister Musliar Kasim said the process of duplicating the exam materials will be further discussed at the Ministry along with education offices on whether it will be regional or provincial based.

Bambang Indriyanto, Head of the Education Research and Policy and Innovation Center at the Ministry of Education and Culture’s Research and Development Agency, said convention also discussed on how to improve the credibility and reliability of future implementations of the national exams.

National Exam Will Continue to be Held

Ujian Nasional Tetap Penentuan Kelulusan

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Pemerintah tetap menyelenggarakan ujian nasional (UN) pada 2014 yang menjadi penentu kelulusan. Kompoisi untuk menentukan nilai akhir masih sama dengan penyelenggarakan UN tahun ini, yakni 60% hasil UN dan 40% ujian sekolah. Penggandaan soal akan dibahas kembali bersama kepala dinas pendidikan, apakah percetakan soal nantinya berbasis region atau provinsi.

Pengamat pendidikan Elin Driana mengatakan Konvensi UN hanya berdebat seputar masalah teknis, seperti komposisi nilai UN dalam penentuan kelulusan. Semestinya, konvensi juga mengevaluasi hal-hal lebih fundamental, termasuk eksistensi UN sebagai penentu kelulusan dan seleksi ke jenjang pendidikan berikutnya, dampak-dampak UN terhadap proses pembelajaran, pengembangan kompetensi siswa, kesiapan siswa memasuki perguruan tinggi dan dunia kerja.

Point Penting Konvensi UN

A, Manajemen UN

1. Penentuan kisi-kisi UN dan pembuatan soal melibatkan pendidik serta para ahli
2. Proses penyusunan soal diawasi Badan Standar Nasional Pendidikan
3. Penggandaan dan pencetakan dilakukan di provinsi dengan pengawasan pemerintah pusat dan perguruan tinggi
4. Untuk menjamin keamanan dan mencegah kebocoran soal, pendistribusian melibatkan kepolisian dan perguruan tinggi
5. Kecurangan pelaksanaan UN harus diikuti sanksi tegas.

B. Prasyarat Kelulusan

1. Sebesar 60% nilai UN dan 40% nilai sekolah
2. Batas kelulusan dari tahun ke tahun dinaikan secara bertahap
3. Nilai rapor harus dikirim setiap semester dan dilakukan secara daring (online)
4. Pemanfaatan nilai UN sebagai dasar intervensi peningkatan mutu pendidikan perlu segera dilaksanakan
5. Penggunaan nilai UN sebagai dasar penerimaan ke jenjang yang lebih tinggi segera diterapkan.

National Exam Will Continue to be Held

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The long debate over the national exam finally ended when the National Exam Convention decided that it will continue to be held in the nation. This decision covering the management and graduate determinant factor was agreed by all participants of the convention.

Some key points decided during the convention regarding the management of the national exam: 1) the framework of the national exam and creation of exam questions will involve educators and experts 2) the National Education Standards Board will monitor the process of creating the exam questions 3) the duplication and distribution of national exam materials will be handed over to provinces yet monitored by the Central Government and universities 4) to ensure security and prevent any leaks of the national exam questions, the distribution will involve the police and universities 5) those found to be in violation regarding to the national exam implementation will be hit with a severe sanction.

Some key points decided during the convention regarding the requirements necessary for graduating or moving on to the next level include: 1) the determining factor will compose of 60% based on the national exam results and 40% based on the school’s grades 2) the graduate score limit will be increased gradually from year to year 3) report cards must be sent to the Ministry of Education and Culture per semester online 4) using the national exam as a basic tool for intervention to increase the quality of education must immediately be implemented 5) using the national exam as a basic tool for moving on to the next level of education must immediately be implemented.

Deputy Education and Culture Minister Musliar Kasim said the process of duplicating the exam materials will be further discussed at the Ministry along with education offices on whether it will be regional or provincial based.

Bambang Indriyanto, Head of the Education Research and Policy and Innovation Center at the Ministry of Education and Culture’s Research and Development Agency, said convention also discussed on how to improve the credibility and reliability of future implementations of the national exams.

National Exam Will Continue to be Held

UN Bermutu Demi Pendidikan yang Lebih Berkualitas

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Konvensi Ujian Nasional menghasilkan beberapa rumusan terbaru tentang pelaksanaan UN dan telah memutuskan UN tetap dilaksanakan untuk mengukur kompetensi peserta didik serta pemetaan pendidikan di Indonesia. Konvensi UN juga menghasilkan 2 kesimpulan besar terkait pelaksanaan Ujian Nasional yaitu soal Manajemen UN dan penentuan bobot kelulusan peserta didik.

Wakil Menteri Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, Musliar Kasim mengungkapkan, UN ini untuk mengukur kompetensi peserta didi sesuai standar nasional yang sudah ditentukan. Kalau hanya diukur dengan ujian sekolah, tidak akan ditemukan dasar evaluasi dan pemetaan pendidikan nasional. Konvensi ini memperoleh kesimpulan bahwa bobot kelulusan peserta didik tetap pada proposi UN 60 persen dan Ujian Sekolah 40 persen. Selain itu, dari hasil diskusi bobot nilai sekolah diperoleh dari proporsi nilai rapor 70 persen dan nilai ujian sekolah 30 persen. Bobot nilai rapor memang ditingkatkan, karena nilai rapor dianggap sebagai nilai yang sifatnya kontinyu dan terus menerus.

Konvensi ini juga menetapkan penggandaan soal UN dilakukan provinsi masing-masing. Namun, penggandaan ini tetap diawasi pemerintah pusat dan perguruan tinggi negeri dan swasta. Kepala Pusat Penelitian Kebijakan dan Inovasi Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, Bambang Indriyanto menyebutkan nilai rapor peserta didik harus selalu dikirim setiap semester dan dilakukan secara online.

National Exam Continues to be Implemented

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The National Exam Convention involving teachers, headmasters, university rectors, legislators, education activists, and bureaucrats ended on Friday (27/9) resulting in them all recommending that the national exam to continue.

Deputy Education Minister at the Ministry of Education and Culture, Musliar Kasim, said the reason the national exams will continue to be held is because it is considered as a the best tool to measure the graduate competency standard (SKL). Musliar said the mass objections against the national exams still occur because some do not understand the concept of measuring the competency of students. Without the national exams, it will be difficult to determine whether or not the student is up to graduate competency standards.

A number of technical issues regarding the national exam implementation was also discussed and agreed upon during the convention, including the tender and exam material distribution process. The responsibility for exam material distribution could be handed over to each province or areas covering a number of provinces. Musliar said the Ministry is leaning more towards the second option where one province will be appointed as a coordinator per area.

Another issue members of the convention agreed on was the proportion of the national exam that will remain the same. Currently, 60% of school grades and 40% of national exam results determine whether or not a student graduates. Musliar said the convention also agreed that the national exam will gradually be a 100% determinant factor on whether a student graduates, yet the evaluation of each school will also be taken into consideration. This means that in the next few years, students must face two separate exams, one held by the Government and one held by the school.

National Exam Continues to be Implemented

 

Pelaksanaan UN Lanjut Terus

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Konvensi Ujian Nasional (UN) yang melibatkan para guru, kepala sekolah, rektor perguruan tinggi, legislator,pegiat pendidikan dan birokrat usai digelar. Hasilnya, semua peserta sepakat membuat rekomendasi UN tetap diadakan. Alasannya, karena UN dinilai alat ukur terbaik untuk standar kompetensi lulusan (SKL).

Sementara itu, masih bergaungnya penolakan UN, menurut Wakil Menetri Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, Musliar Kasim, karena sebagian pihak tak paham bagaimana konsep mengukur kompetensi.

Ujian ganda

Kesepakatan yang juga menonjol dalam konvensi adalah kesepakatan mempertahankan proporsi kelulusan berdasarkan hasil UN dan nilai sekolah. Saat ini, untuk menentukan kellusan siswa ditentukan dari 60 persen hasil ujian sekolah dan 40 persen hasil UN. Maka, beberapa tahun kedepan akan ada dua ujian terpisah, yakni ujian sekolah dan UN.

Guru Mogok

Selain itu, para guru yang tergabung dalam Persatuan Guru Republik Indonesia (PGRI) merencanakan mogok mengajar pada 5 Oktober. Jumlah guru yang mengikuti aksi tersbut sekitar 3,8 juta orang.

Permasalahan yang disoalkan PGRI, diantaranya masalah impassing guru swasta pemerintah yang tak kunjung disetarakan. Masalah lainnya, pembayaran tunjangan profesi, sistem kenaikan pangkat, dan menyelesaikan guru honorer.