National exam becomes the hot topic in most of discussion. Thought the Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by the government on the organization of the national exam, the controversy over whether it is necessary to maintain the national exam (UN) has continued. Some debates include the primary questions such as: Does the quality of Indonesian education depend on the national exam? Will the quality of the Indonesian education system worsen without national exam ?

People  who support the national exam, explain that the quality of the Indonesian education system will drop without national system, so they try to defend the current system.

However, there are people who disagree with the opinion. Those who are against this national exam kept in our high school say that it doesn’t need the national exam because the quality of education doesn’t just defend on the national exam. Further, the national exam only measure a small portion of student’s competence in specific subjects, and does not measure student’s competences throughout the semester.

In fact, the national examination can still be useful as an instrument to evaluate or detect the level of student’s cognitive in several subjects on a national scale. (Discussion Text)

 
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