No Ebtanas for primary school beginning 2002<\/p>\n
Tertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
The government officially scrapped on Tuesday the national final
\nexaminations (Ebtanas) for general elementary schools, Islamic
\nMadrasah Ibtidaiyah, and elementary schools for handicapped
\nchildren, and authorized schools to organize their own final
\nexaminations and employ customized evaluation systems for their
\npupils.<\/p>\n
Minister of National Education A. Malik Fadjar said on Tuesday
\nthat the new policies were expected to enhance the quality of
\neducation in the country, empower elementary schools based on the
\nschool-based management system, and democratize the country's
\neducation system.<\/p>\n
\"We have to democratize the education system by taking into
\naccount what the students need and by involving the community in
\nthe education process,\" Minister Malik told The Jakarta Post on
\nTuesday.<\/p>\n
The new rulings were stipulated in two ministerial decrees
\nsigned on Monday by Minister Malik. The decrees are Decree No.
\n011\/U\/2002, which scraps the national final examination for
\nelementary schools (Ebtanas) and Decree No. 012\/U\/2002 on final
\nexaminations and evaluation systems.<\/p>\n
The two rulings entered into effect on Monday, the date they
\nwere signed by Minister Malik. This means that starting this year
\nelementary schools and the Islamic Madrasah Ibtidaiyah, as well
\nas elementary schools for handicapped children, will have to
\nstart organizing their own final examinations this school year.<\/p>\n
The scrapping of Ebtanas for elementary schools became a
\nnecessity after the government introduced the nine-year
\ncompulsory education program in 1994. This program obliges all
\nschool-aged children graduating from elementary school to pursue
\ntheir studies to the high-school level.<\/p>\n
The new rulings authorize schools to organize their own final
\nexaminations -- including planning, the preparation of materials,
\nthe tests themselves, the correcting and marking system, and the
\nsubmission of the necessary reports to the relevant agencies.<\/p>\n
Upon completion of their six-year elementary schooling, the
\nchildren are obliged to enroll for three years in a junior high
\nschool. These will now be free to organize screening tests or
\nentrance examinations for the new students.<\/p>\n
In the case of elementary graduates who do not meet the
\nrequirements set out by individual high schools, they will be
\nencouraged to enroll in open junior high schools or sign up for a
\nthree-year program with institutions offering outreach education.<\/p>",
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