NATIONAL EXAM

National exam becomes the hot topic in most of discussions. Though the Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by the goverment on the organization of the national exam, the controversy over wheter it is necessary to maintain the national exam ( UN ) has continued. Some debates include the primary questions such us " Does the quality of Indonesian education system worsen without national exam?

People, who support the national exam, explain that the quality of the Indonesian education system will drop without the national exam, So they try to defend the current system.

Howefer, there are people who disagree with the opinion. Those who are against this national exam kept in our high school education say that it doesn't need the national exam because the quality of education does not just depend on the national exam. Further, the national exam only measure a small portion of students competence in specific subjects, and deoes not measure students competences throughout the semester.

In fact, the national examination can still be usefull as an instrument to evaluate or detect the level of students cognitive competence in several subjects, on a national scale.