Education ministry looking for ways to prevent exam cheating
Education ministry looking for ways to prevent exam cheating
JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Office of the Ministry of Education
and Culture is desperately looking for ways to keep national exam
questions a secret, which in the past have been leaked prior to
the highly competitive tests.
The measures include the creation of substitute questions to
immediately replace examination material which is found to have
been sold to students.
"We will punish any parties found selling examination
materials to students," Tating Karnadinata, the head of the
office, said Monday.
According to Tating, examination results will be cross-
checked. This means that teachers will not be allowed to grade
the examinations of their own students.
Tating said that teachers will also not be allowed to
supervise their own students during the tests.
The checking of the exam results of junior high school
students will be done by computer, Tating added.
As for examination fees, Tating said he had asked Governor
Surjadi Soedirdja to order privately-run schools to put an upper
limit of Rp 11,900 (US$5.5) on examination fees per student for
elementary schools, Rp 27,000 for junior high schools, Rp 31,000
for vocational junior high schools, Rp 35,000 for senior high
schools and Rp 38,000 to Rp 39,000 for vocational senior high
schools.
Schedule
Unlike the final examination schedules of previous years, the
same schedules will be applied to general education schools and
Islamic-based schools under the control of the ministry of
religious affairs, Tating said.
Such similar and simultaneous schedules are aimed at enhancing
the quality of education in both general schools and religion-
based schools, Tating said.
Islamic-based schools are madrasah ibtidaiyah, which are the
equivalents of elementary schools, madrasah tsanawiyah, or junior
high schools, and madrasah aliyah, or senior high schools.
School-run local exams are scheduled to take place from May 3
to 5 for elementary schools, from May 19 to 20 for junior high
schools, from April 25 to May 7 for vocational junior high
schools, from April 27 to 29 for senior high schools and from
April 20 to 30 for vocational senior high schools.
Students who cannot take part in the above schedule for
acceptable reasons will be allowed to sit from May 9 to 11, from
May 23 to 24, from May 1 to 20, from May 16 to 18 and from May 5
to 20 for elementary schools, junior high schools, vocational
junior high schools, senior high schools and vocational senior
high schools respectively.
State-run nationwide exams will be administered from May 16 to
18 for elementary schools, from May 9 to 11 for junior high
schools, from May 9 to 10 for vocational junior high schools,
from May 3 to 6 for senior high schools and from May 3 to 5 for
vocational senior high schools.
For students who cannot attend the above schedule, substitute
exams will be arranged from May 23 to 26 for elementary schools,
from May 16 to 18 for junior high schools, from May 16 to 17 for
vocational junior high schools, from May 9 to 13 for senior high
schools and from May 9 to 11 for vocational senior high schools.
Examination results for both school-run and state-run exams
will be announced on June 9 for elementary schools, on June 7 for
junior high schools and on June 2 for senior high schools.
This year's examinations will introduce so-called top-grade
senior high schools, which will only accept junior high school
graduates with the highest marks after attending state-run exams,
Tating said.
The state-run Senior High School Number Eight (SMA 8) Jakarta
has been appointed the top grade senior high school for Jakarta.
Under SMA 8, a top-notched, state-run senior high school has
been appointed for each Jakarta district: SMA 68 for Central
Jakarta district, SMA 13 for North Jakarta district, SMA 78 for
West Jakarta district, SMA 70 for South Jakarta district and SMA
81 for East Jakarta district. (06)