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        "id": 1797028,
        "msgid": "narrower-zoning-rules-spur-optimism-at-sman-1-marga-for-ending-student-shortage-1781149918",
        "date": "2026-06-11 10:06:44",
        "title": "Narrower Zoning Rules Spur Optimism at SMAN 1 Marga for Ending Student Shortage",
        "author": "",
        "source": "DETIK_BALI",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "SMAN 1 Marga in Tabanan, Bali, expects a significant rise in new student admissions for the 2026\/2027 academic year after years of enrolment shortfalls. School leaders credit newly narrowed zoning policies and differentiated academic ability test (TKA) standards for redirecting local junior high graduates away from urban schools. With 44 students already registered ahead of the official enrolment period, the school hopes to fill at least six of its 12 planned classes.",
        "content": "<p>SMA Negeri 1 Marga in Tabanan has faced a student shortage over the\npast two years, receiving no more than 50 pupils per cohort before the\nnew academic year. For the 2026\/2027 intake, however, the school is\noptimistic about a significant surge in new registrations. Headmaster I\nWayan Dedi Armana confirmed on Thursday (11\/6\/2026) that two factors are\ndriving this opportunity: a narrowed school zoning system and the\nAcademic Ability Test (TKA) standards. According to Dedi Armana, the\nnewly restricted zoning rule is a system introduced by the Bali Province\nEducation, Youth and Sports Office (Disdikpora). The system was adopted\nafter observing that schools in remote areas of Bali, including SMAN 1\nMarga, received very few students each year. Under the tightened zoning,\njunior high school graduates in Marga who wish to continue their studies\nat a senior high school in Tabanan city are no longer permitted to do\nso, compelling them to attend a school within their own subdistrict.\nThis change has convinced the school that a spike in applicants to SMAN\n1 Marga is likely, thus ending the student shortage. Marga subdistrict\nis supported by four junior high schools whose graduates can feed into\nSMAN 1 Marga. Concerning the TKA, Dedi Armana noted that the minimum\nstandard score varies by school, with urban Tabanan schools setting a\nhigher bar than those in Marga. This discrepancy can divert local junior\nhigh graduates away from city schools due to their limited TKA scores.\nAlthough official new student registration begins on 22 June, Dedi\nArmana disclosed that 44 students have already signed up, a figure\nexceeding the 43 pupils enrolled in the 2025\/2026 cohort. The school has\nbeen conducting outreach since January. \u2018These 44 students already\nconstitute two study groups. Hopefully we can get more than that this\nyear because of the changed system,\u2019 he stressed. SMAN 1 Marga has\nprepared 12 study groups for new students and hopes at least half can be\nfilled for the 2026\/2027 academic year. \u2018We have readied 12 study\ngroups, but if we reach just six groups this year, that would already be\nextraordinary,\u2019 he concluded.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/narrower-zoning-rules-spur-optimism-at-sman-1-marga-for-ending-student-shortage-1781149918",
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