Reviewing TKA, Education Minister Abdul Mu'ti Emphasises Honesty

Minister of Basic and Secondary Education (Mendikdasmen), Abdul Mu’ti, reviewed the progress of the Academic Ability Test (TKA) and motivated the students. This was stated by Mu’ti during his inspection of the TKA implementation at SMPN 2 Curug, Tangerang Regency, Banten, on Monday morning (6/4). “We hope that through this TKA, we can obtain a profile of our students’ abilities at the junior secondary level, and this TKA will become one of the aspects in new student admissions,” said Mu’ti. During the review on the first day of the 2026 TKA implementation, Mu’ti visited several classrooms and greeted the ninth-grade students. To the students, Mu’ti asked about their preparations for facing the TKA. In addition, he explained the technical aspects of the TKA implementation and socialised regulations on limiting children’s use of gadgets. “We are not only building honesty when taking the test, but also shaping character and an honest personality,” he explained. Furthermore, Mu’ti stated that the TKA implementation is conducted to measure students’ abilities from various aspects, starting from academics, literacy, numeracy, character, and learning environment. For information, the first day of TKA implementation for junior secondary education level tested mathematics and numeracy subjects with 30 questions and a completion time of 75 minutes. After completing the mathematics and numeracy subjects, participants will complete a character survey for 20 minutes.