Plan to scrap 'Ebtanas' laudable

Plan to scrap 'Ebtanas' laudable

From Warta Kota

The government's plan to eliminate the national exam (Ebtanas) for elementary and secondary schools is worthy of support because the step will save billions of rupiah, which have so far been spent by the government as well as parents to finance the exam every year.

As part of efforts to ensure clean education, the policy is expected to expedite the learning process in schools and to enhance the quality of national education, without the parents being hampered by the financial burden of the exams.

The step is also expected to end the collection of illegal levies from parents of schoolchildren by education officials, which has been the practice for many years. The cost of reregistration that must be paid every year is burdensome to the parents. In the past, reregistration was only imposed on students of universities, colleges and academies.

I hope the Minister of Education, Malik Fajar, will pay greater attention to this problem. He should issue a decree to stop the collection of unnecessary and illegal levies from schoolchildren.

UTAMI DANANJAYA

Bekasi, West Java