West Java's SPMB System Troubles Prompt Extended Data Entry Period for Senior Secondary Schools

The implementation of the New Student Admission System (SPMB) in West Java is facing problems as parents encounter various technical obstacles during the registration process. The West Java Provincial Government responded by again extending the data entry period for the Prospective New Student Mapping (PCMB) until Thursday at 23:59 WIB, which serves as the entry route for senior high schools (SMA) and vocational schools (SMK) in the province. Head of the West Java Education Office (Disdik), Purwanto, said this step was taken to ensure all graduates of junior secondary schools (SMP), Islamic junior secondary schools (MTs), and Package B programmes in the province receive certainty of their rights and equitable access to SMA/SMK level education. He revealed the time extension was decided because as of Tuesday (9/6) at 21:00 WIB, the system still recorded students who had not completed filling in data for their choice of destination schools. “With this extension of time, more students will be able to participate in the mapping process and obtain access to upper secondary level education,” Purwanto said in a statement in Bandung on Wednesday (10/6). According to the latest schedule, after the PCMB data entry period ends, the stage will immediately proceed to the announcement of student admissions at destination schools, which will be held on Saturday (13/6) at 14:00 WIB. Purwanto appealed to parents and students who later fail to be accepted at their chosen schools during the announcement stage not to panic. He stated that the West Java Education Office guarantees room for students to re-select schools whose quotas have not yet been met. “After the PCMB announcement, students who have not been accepted at any school need not worry, because SPMB stages 1 and 2 will be implemented. Students can choose schools that still have unfilled quotas,” Purwanto said. Based on the latest regulatory timeline from the West Java Education Office, registration for SPMB Stage 1 will open from 15 June to 19 June 2026, with the announcement of selection results on 25 June 2026. Meanwhile, for students who still have not secured a school quota in the first stage, the government is opening a final opportunity through SPMB Stage 2 registration, scheduled to take place from 30 June to 6 July 2026, followed by the final announcement on 10 July 2026.