Minister of Basic and Secondary Education Reveals TKA Faced Network Issues

Minister of Basic and Secondary Education Abdul Mu’ti claims that the implementation of the national Academic Ability Test (TKA) proceeded orderly. However, he acknowledged that the TKA was indeed marred by technical disruptions in several regions.

That statement was delivered by Mu’ti during his inspection of the TKA Assistance Post Command Centre in South Tangerang on the first day of the third wave TKA implementation, Monday, 27 April 2026. From that control centre, the government monitored the assessment in real time, from system readiness to responses to on-site challenges.

“Today I directly observed the third wave TKA implementation. Based on monitoring and dialogues with organisers in various provinces, the implementation ran smoothly and orderly,” said Mu’ti in a written statement, Tuesday, 29 April 2026.

The Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education (Kemendikdasmen) stated that it continues to strive to maintain the TKA implementation to be credible and transparent, one of which is through centralised monitoring at the Command Centre.

Nevertheless, technical disruptions did occur in several areas. A representative from the Maluku Education and Culture Office, Corneli Latupeirissa, said that some schools in the regency experienced internet network issues in the initial session. “In the first session, there were some schools that experienced disruptions, especially internet networks, but they have now been resolved,” she said.

Meanwhile, the TKA implementation in the Yogyakarta region was reported to have proceeded without significant obstacles. A representative from the Yogyakarta City Ministry of Religious Affairs Regional Office, Nurkhayati, stated that student participation in madrasas reached 100 percent. “For the Yogyakarta region, it is safe and under control, the network is also secure. For MI and MTs, everyone participated 100 percent,” she said.

Mu’ti emphasised the importance of coordination between the central and regional governments to maintain the quality of the national assessment implementation. He also stated that the government will continue to evaluate the TKA implementation so that it runs better in the future. “We are optimistic that, with this experience, future TKA implementations will continue to be improved to become increasingly high quality,” he said.