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        "msgid": "tka-must-serve-as-a-tool-for-improving-quality-not-a-new-burden-for-students-1775641887",
        "date": "2026-04-06 11:17:00",
        "title": "TKA Must Serve as a Tool for Improving Quality, Not a New Burden for Students",
        "author": "Andhika",
        "source": "MEDIA_INDONESIA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "The Indonesian Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education has officially conducted the Academic Ability Test (TKA) for junior high school students nationwide, prompting calls from education watchdog JPPI for its implementation to prioritise honesty and integrity to accurately reflect students' true capabilities. JPPI Coordinator Ubaid Matraji emphasises that the test should function as a mapping tool for educational quality, informing targeted policy interventions such as additional support for underperforming schools, teacher training, and infrastructure improvements in deficient regions, rather than imposing punitive barriers to students' advancement. This approach aims to transform TKA into a collective quality enhancement instrument, avoiding undue pressure on individual students' futures.",
        "content": "<p>The government, through the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education\n(Kemendikdasmen), officially conducted the Academic Ability Test (TKA)\nfor the junior high school level across Indonesia today, Monday (6\/5).\nIn response, National Coordinator of the Indonesian Education Monitoring\nNetwork (JPPI), Ubaid Matraji, stated that the most fundamental aspect\nof the TKA implementation is honesty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI emphasise that the most fundamental aspect of the TKA is honesty\nand integrity in its execution. The TKA should not be viewed merely as a\nroutine exam but must truly reflect students\u2019 real abilities,\u201d he told\nMedia Indonesia on Monday (6\/4).<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Ubaid views the TKA as a tool for mapping educational\nquality. This means the test results represent a portrait of the current\nstate of education in Indonesia, which must be addressed with\nappropriate policies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJPPI hopes that the TKA results will be followed up with more\nconcrete policy interventions, rather than just becoming numerical\nscores that \u2018punish\u2019 students. Our children should not be unable to\nproceed to the next level or struggle to enter their chosen schools\nsolely due to low TKA scores,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the TKA results at the junior high school level\nshould serve as a basis for the government to conduct evaluations,\nidentifying which schools need more assistance, which teachers require\nadditional training, and which regions need strengthened educational\nfacilities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThus, the TKA is a tool for collective quality improvement, not a\nnew burden for students\u2019 futures,\u201d Ubaid concluded.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/tka-must-serve-as-a-tool-for-improving-quality-not-a-new-burden-for-students-1775641887",
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