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        "msgid": "caught-cheating-during-academic-ability-test-students-and-schools-to-receive-zero-scores-1774882346",
        "date": "2026-03-30 20:59:52",
        "title": "Caught Cheating During Academic Ability Test, Students and Schools to Receive Zero Scores",
        "author": "Ardito Ramadhan",
        "source": "KOMPAS",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "Indonesia's Minister of Basic and Secondary Education, Abdul Mu'ti, has warned that students and schools caught cheating in the upcoming Academic Ability Test (TKA) in April will receive zero scores, emphasising the principles of honesty and joy. The ministry has issued standard operating procedures for inspections and sanctions to ensure the test's integrity, with all technical preparations, including internet and computer access, fully arranged\u2014even allowing schools without equipment to borrow from others. As a national assessment for sixth-grade primary and ninth-grade junior secondary students, the TKA underscores the government's commitment to fair educational evaluations amid ongoing efforts to maintain academic standards.",
        "content": "<p>JAKARTA - The Minister of Basic and Secondary Education\n(Mendikdasmen), Abdul Mu\u2019ti, has reminded that there will be\nconsequences for students and schools caught cheating during the\nAcademic Ability Test (TKA) next April.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are firm on this principle. If a student cheats or a school\ncheats, we will immediately nullify their scores,\u201d said Mu\u2019ti when met\nat the Ministry of Education office in Jakarta on Monday\n(30\/3\/2026).<\/p>\n<p>He emphasised that the TKA\u2019s tagline is \u201chonest and joyful,\u201d so its\nimplementation must align with that tagline.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have issued SOPs. This covers inspections, sanctions, and various\nmechanisms to ensure that the TKA runs honestly and joyfully,\u201d he\nexplained.<\/p>\n<p>He assured that the TKA is fully prepared overall.<\/p>\n<p>Now, it is just a matter of waiting for the implementation date to\nbegin.<\/p>\n<p>Mu\u2019ti confirmed that everything has been carefully considered,\nincluding technical preparations such as internet usage and computer\navailability, which have been arranged.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSchools that do not or have not yet obtained computers have been\narranged accordingly so they can borrow from other schools not\nconducting the TKA,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The TKA is intended for sixth-grade students of primary schools\n(SD\/MI) and ninth-grade students of junior secondary schools (SMP\/MTs)\nas part of the national academic ability measurement.<\/p>",
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