30% of junior high school students will not graduate<\/p>\n
Bambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Almost 40,000 students or 30 percent of the total number of
\njunior high school students in the city will not graduate from
\nschool as they will not be able to pass the national examination,
\nwhich started on Monday, an official said.<\/p>\n
Head of the City Basic Education Agency Gito Utomo Purnomo
\nsaid on Monday that due to the high number of students who were
\nexpected to fail, his office would hold a second test for the
\nstudents. This means that he would need another Rp 1.58 billion
\nto finance the test the students who fail in the first exam
\nbecause the cost to test one student is Rp 40,000.<\/p>\n
He told reporters that the estimate was based on the results
\nof the final exam for junior high school students in the city
\nlast year.<\/p>\n
\"The standard of the exam is similar to last year's exam. But,
\nfor this year's exam, the pass grade is calculated differently,\"
\nGito said while accompanying Governor Sutiyoso who was visiting
\nseveral junior high schools.<\/p>\n
In past years, there was only one graduation certificate and
\nnearly all students received the certificate even though they did
\npoorly in the exams.<\/p>\n
Starting this year, the education ministry has imposed a new
\npolicy on the graduation of junior high and senior high schools.
\nAccording to the new policy, the students will receive two
\ncertificates.<\/p>\n
The first certificate indicates the student has passed the
\nfinal exam successfully and thus is entitled to continue on to
\nhigher education.<\/p>\n
The second certificate will only certify that the student has
\ncompleted junior or senior high school. Students who finish
\nschool but do not pass the final exam will be able to apply for a
\njob, but will not be able to continue their study.<\/p>\n
Earlier reports said that under the new policy, in order to
\nobtain a pass certificate, the students must get at least 6.0 as
\nan average score of all subjects in their final test, and each
\nscore must be more than 3.0. The score ranges between 0 and 10.<\/p>\n
The new policy also rules that a student's behavior at school,
\ncommitment to school, and other subjective factors would not have
\nany bearing on his or her grade.<\/p>\n
The government used to prepare the tests for all subjects. But
\nnow, only three subjects, Maths, English, and Bahasa Indonesia,
\nare prepared by the government, while the rest of the subjects
\nare prepared by the schools themselves.<\/p>\n
Unlike past years, students who fail in the national exams
\nwill get a second chance to sit an exam.<\/p>\n
Gito said that the second test would be held on July 8, 9, 10.<\/p>\n
The new policy is based on Ministry of National Education
\nDecree No. 017\/U\/2003, issued early in February, on the national
\nfinal examinations for junior and senior high school students.<\/p>\n
Komaluddin, an official at the basic education agency in
\ncharge of junior high schools, said that 10 students from Aceh
\nhad come to the city to join the exams.<\/p>\n
He said more Acehnese students would be welcome to take the
\ntests here.<\/p>\n
\"As long as they bring their school report and a letter of
\ntransfer from the school, the administration process will be done
\nin one day,\" he said.<\/p>\n
A total of 131,934 junior high school students are taking this
\nyear's national test.<\/p>",
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