People are recently questioning about the significance of National Examination (Ujian Nasional/UN) towards education in Indonesia. Pros and cons of whether it is necessary or not to implement the National Examination arouse in Talk Show of DPD RI “Indonesian Perspective” entitled “Reviewing the National Examination” which took place in the Press Room of DPD RI on Friday (20/05).

Resource persons in the program are Drs. Hardi Selamat Hood (Member of Committee III DPD RI), Dr. Reni Marlinawati (Member of Commission X DPR RI), Edi Subkhan (education observer) and Slamet Nur Achmad Effendy (Chairman of the Education-Concerned Alliance of KOBAR). In their explanation, there is criticism to exclude UN because it is less effective for mapping the quality of Indonesian education. As revealed by Edi Subkhan, “UN only assesses the low sphere of cognitive aspect and counter-productive if used as a matrix of quality education.” On the other hand, Reni Marlinawati warned that UN is not a single process. UN must consider the goals of national education.

Ironically, UN is against the Law No. 20 Year 2003 on National Education System in particular Articles 57 and 58. From the data of public complaints in the Command Post of KOBAR, it is found that in fact UN teaches dishonesty to students by leaking answers due to the graduation demands. “Implementation of UN is a cruelty allowed by government,” Effendy denounced.

In response to this phenomenon, DPD RI through Committee III has provided recommendations on the implementation of UN. Member of the Committee III, Hardi Selamat Hood said that the recommendation of the Committee III explicitly asking the government to revoke the articles in Government Regulations (PP) No. 19 year 2005 which is contrary to the National Education System Law related to the assessment of learning outcomes by the government. Second, prepare an evaluation system for mapping the quality of education and the final evaluation of students. Third, implement the learning processes that characterize students according to the mandate of Article 31 of 1945 Constitution and Article 3 of the National Education Law. Fourth, convey the results of education mapping and evaluation of the implementation of UN. And fifth, implement decisions of Supreme Court register No. 2596 K/PDT/2008 September 14, 2009 on improving education facilities and infrastructure prior to implementation of UN and the handling students’ psychological disturbances due to the implementation of UN. (AF / SAF)

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