Scholl exam rankings released
JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta office of the Ministry of Education and Culture announced yesterday the examination results of the highest ranking junior and senior high schools.
Private junior high schools still ranked far above state schools, while state-owned senior high schools edged closer to private ones.
The highest ranking school among junior high schools was SLTP Kristen II with an average grade of 8.03 per subject, or an average total result of 48.16, followed by Kanisius Junior High School with an average grade of 7.9 per subject in the final state exams.
The highest grade for a subject is 10. The final exams tested six subjects at the junior high level.
The highest state-run junior high school, SLTP 115 in Tebet Utara, South Jakarta, still ranked far below the fifth highest private school with an average total exam result of 42.79.
The average grade per subject at SLTP 115 was 7.13 while Santa Maria Junior High School had a 7.86 average.
The announcement was made by the head of the city office, Sri Sudono Sumarto.
"Average grade of results of junior high school exams for the six tested subjects was 5.68, an increase of 0.37 over the last school year," Sri Sudono said.
He announced five students of private junior high schools with the highest grades in the city. The first was Febi Mutia from SLTP Kristen II with a total examination result of 55.25 or an average grade of 9.2; the second was Herlina of SLTP Kristen VII with a total result of 54.87 or an average grade of 9.1.
He also announced the five top-ranking students among state junior high schools. The first was Tri Desiyanti of SLTP N 48, who had a total result of 53.27. The second was A. Riyono of SLTP N 111, who had a total result of 52.97, or an average grade of 8.8 for each subject.
The good news was in the ranking of state-run senior high schools, in which SMU 8 ranked highest in the social studies program above SMU Kristen 1 and SMU Santa Ursula.
The same school ranked third in the natural sciences program, following SMU Kristen 1 and Santa Ursula.
"This proves that our policies for superschools was appropriate," Sri Sudono said, referring to the designation of one "superschool" for each mayoralty, and a certain number of superior schools at the municipal level.
Compared to other programs, designated superior schools have additional study hours in the afternoon. Certain schools like SMU 8 are allowed to recruit junior high school students with high grades from any part of the city, while regular schools may only take graduates from within their mayoralties.
Sri Sudono added that intensive efforts through joint exams, designed to boost competition, had shown results.
So far state schools have lagged far behind private schools.
Coordinator for administrative affairs Alwi Nurdin said this year, superior city-level senior high schools were allowed to allocate 10 percent of space for junior high school graduates from outside the city.
Until last year the city's superior high schools were reserved only for those living in Jakarta.
"The students must be those with the highest examination results," Alwi said. (anr)
Table A: Highest Ranking Junir High Schools in State Exam Results
A. State schools
1. SLTP N 115
2. SLTP N 109
3. SLTP N 75
4. SLTP N 102
5. SLTP N 111
B. Private schools
1. SLTP Kristen II
2. SLTP Kanisius
3. SLTP Ipeka Tomang
4. SLTP Kristen VII
5. SLTP Santa Maria
Table B: Highest Ranking Senior High Schools in State Exam Results
A. Program: Natural sciences
1. SMU Kristen I
2. SMU Santa Ursula
3. SMU N 8 (state)
4. SMU Kristen III
5. SMU Don Bosco II
B. Program: Social sciences
1. SMU N 8
2. SMU Kristen I
3. SMU Santa Ursula
4. SMU Kristen III
5. SMU N 78 (state)
C. Program: Languages
1. SMU Santa Ursula
2. SMU Regina Pacis
3. SMU Tarakanita I
4. SMU N 16 (state)
5. SMU N 90 (state)
Source: Jakarta Office of Ministry of Education and Culture