Aceh Education Office: Academic Competency Test Runs Smoothly Without Disruption

Banda Aceh (ANTARA) – Aceh Education Office head Murthalamuddin said the Academic Competency Test (TKA) for senior secondary schools had proceeded smoothly across all regencies and cities, without disruption, including in areas affected by floods in late November 2025.

“Thank God, according to reports we have received from senior secondary schools across Aceh, it has gone smoothly and there have been no problems so far,” Murthalamuddin said in Banda Aceh on Monday.

He made the statement while inspecting the test at State Senior High School 12 Banda Aceh. Grade 12 pupils in Aceh are taking the TKA on the same schedule as participants elsewhere in Indonesia.

He said the team had checked that all computers at participating schools were connected to the central TKA server to ensure the test could be held without problems or disruption.

“That means we confirmed last night that everything was connected, so the children could take the test smoothly this morning without disruption,” he said.

A total of 59,810 pupils in Aceh are taking the TKA: 59,036 are sitting it at their own schools, while 774 are taking it at other schools.

He added that the Aceh Education Office had also distributed computer equipment to schools in Indonesia’s westernmost province to support the test.

“Not all schools have enough computers yet, so some pupils still have to take the test elsewhere. Our target is for every school to have computers by 2027, to make examinations and teaching and learning easier,” he said.

In response to heavy rainfall across Aceh, the Education Office has also stepped up disaster preparedness by ensuring schools hold examinations in safer places that are not at risk of flooding.

“We have told schools, particularly those in disaster-prone areas, to act quickly and appropriately, for example by relocating the examination venue or making adjustments if a disaster occurs,” he said.

He said the natural disasters affecting Aceh, a province with a population of five million, had made its schools more alert to the risks.