System
changes in education would cause new problem in education environment
especially for the students. Some people are might be confused about the
implementation of SNMPTN 2013. Now, SNMPTN had been revised in almost every
year in order to evaluate the system to be better. In 2013, the written
selection test which had been running from the very first SNMPTN has been
deleted by the government. There is no more written test, it replaced by the
selection test of students’ achievement record. This action triggers many
responses from public. Mostly, it happens in social media such as; Online
newspaper, Facebook, Blog and so on. There are a lot of arguments and
criticisms about this issue.
The
first issue comes from Universitas Brawijaya (UB) which has a mission to get students
and distribute the alumni students flattening at various areas in Indonesia. Prof. Dr. Ir. Bambang
Suharto, MS the Vice Rector I of Academic Affairs at UB
said that "If the assessment only
based on grades, we were worried that only Javanese students will be admitted (Suharto, 2013 at Prasetya
Online)." Besides that, the selection test can only be
taken by students who have good achievement for three years. It pushes away the
students who get good achievement in the mid or late semester. It forces them
to enroll through SBMPTN and independent path. As we know, SBMPTN has very
limited quota. It maximizes 40% or it can be less than 40% if the students who
received by SNMPTN more than 60%. In other case, this is really unfair
especially for the students who are low in economical status. They, who usually
have a chance in joining the SNMPTN written test, now are hopeless because it
is limited to those who only have a high achievement. It is also hard for them
to enroll through independent path due to the high cost.
Second,
the fraudulence of the test is higher than the written one because schools or
teachers can modify their students’ grade to the best in order to make their
students pass the selection. Actually, there is a regulation to prevent this
case. Directorate General of Higher Education (Higher Education) Kemendikbud,
Djoko Santoso said that there are high
consequences on this new system of SNMPTN 2013, which the schools prohibited manipulating
the students’ score. The risk for this case the school would not allowed
joining SNMPTN for three years (JPNN.com, 2013). In the other hand, Suharto
said that "Could have been that
students' parents and teachers manipulate to let the report marks to be
excellent since the selection is merely based on report marks." He
also said that “in 2013, SBMPTN path is possibly its quality will be more
reliable since they are examined in national standard (Suharto, 2013 at Prasetya Online).” Even though the government and
colleges have stated about the punishment and regulation for the school who try
to manipulate the students’ data, but sometimes the rule loses by the brain.
There are many possibilities and tricks to use a smart strategic for the school in manipulating
data.
On
the other side, the deletion of the written test of SNMPTN may have a good
impact to the students which are now sitting in the first grade. This system
gives them chance to prepare themselves from the very first. They would be more
serious in studying. They would work hard to get good score and achievements in
order to get the favorite college in the future. This system is really helping
for them. However it is still unwise to ignore the second and third grade
students. If the government really wants to change the system, they can
announce it from 2012 but the implementation should not be conducted in this
year. Instead they can implement it on 2014 in order to give fairness the
second and third grade students in joining the SNMPTN.
Concluding
all these facts, we think that the government should have revived the written
test in SNMPTN 2013 and 2014. There is much unfairness in getting chance for
the students. It also does not decrease the fraudulence factor from the
previous SNMPTN. A test should give a fair chance to all students in Indonesia,
not only for those who already have high achievement, because every person
develops in different stages and education is for all.
Resources:
jpnn.com.
(2012, March). SNMPTN 2013, Hapus Jalur Ujian Tulis. Retrieved April
Thursday, 2013, from jpnn.com Jaringan Berita Terluas di Indonesia:
http://www.jpnn.com/read/2012/03/12/120316/SNMPTN-2013,-Hapus-Jalur-Ujian-Tulis
Prof.
Akhmaloka, P. (2012, Nopember ). Informasi Umum SNMPTN 2013. Retrieved
April 2013, from Seleksi Nasional Masuk Perguruan Tinggi Negeri (SNMPTN) Tahun
2013: http://www.snmptn.ac.id/informasi.html#pengantar
Prof.
Dr. Ir. Bambang Suharto, M. (2013, May). UB Admitted 7700 Students By the
2013 SNMPTN. Retrieved June Thursday, 2013, from Prasetya Online
Diterbitkan oleh Humas UB:
http://prasetya.ub.ac.id/berita/UB-Menerima-7700-Mahasiswa-dari-SNMPTN-2013-13325-en.html
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