How Kemendikdasmen Prevents 'Mark-Up' of Report Card Grades in SPMB

Jakarta, VIVA – The Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education (Kemendikdasmen) is taking several steps to anticipate the potential for “mark-up” of students’ report card grades used in the student admission system (SPMB) prestige pathway. Director General of Early Childhood Education, Basic Education, and Non-Formal and Informal Education at Kemendikdasmen, Gogot Suharwoto, stated that his side has already taken preventive measures against the possibility of adding report card grades for students participating in the SPMB prestige pathway. “So, we have prepared what is called e-Rapor, so that for SPMB, the data that can be retrieved comes from e-Rapor. At the very least, this can minimise marked-up report cards,” said Gogot during the Ngopi Bareng Dirjen PAUD Dikdas PNFI event in Central Jakarta on Thursday. One of them is that his side has asked educational units to fill in students’ grades in e-Rapor periodically every semester and not accumulate the entries at the end of the year. Such an entry method, he said, not only prevents the practice of adding students’ grades but also anticipates errors in entering grades in e-Rapor. “So, it’s impossible to make entry mistakes if the report is filled every semester. If it’s only filled at the end of the year, that’s definitely a problem because a lot is entered, it can be tiring,” said Gogot. Furthermore, his side has socialised incentives given by universities to schools that fill e-Rapor completely and periodically, namely an increase in quotas in the National Selection Based on Achievement (SNBP) pathway. “There are incentives from universities to schools whose e-Rapor is complete, namely given additional quotas in SNBP, given additional quotas, I don’t remember exactly, 10 or 20 percent increase,” he said. If the public still finds violations or cheating during the SPMB implementation process, he said his side has an Integrated Service Unit (ULT) that receives various inputs or complaints of violations related to the implementation of policies made by Kemendikdasmen, including in SPMB. “So, if the public sees or hears of any cheating, just report it. We have an Integrated Service Unit that will then be forwarded to the Inspectorate General, then the Inspectorate General will follow up in cooperation with the regional inspectorate,” said Gogot.