Is Student needed national exam?

Name             : Antika Esty Septiyani                 

NPM               : 1420302161

National exam for Student

In my opinion education is one of the learning process that is needed and important  to someone for the  future. Education can makes someone to get knowledge about everything. It makes someone know about something to do and it is not lied by other country. It helps to someone get skill and work. Education includes two variety that are formal and informal education. Formal educatation is education that is given in school area, but informal education is education that is gotten from everything expect from school. For part of people still are not care about education, because they have problems about cost. They work to get money and after that is used to cost their life.

In Indonesia, education system is applied must learn 9 years that are Elementary School and Junior High School. Government applys that system to children age 7-15 years old. The purpose of government is to help them in order to get knowledge and experiences. It does not make someone care about education. They contend that work is important better than education. They get money when they worked, and they will not get money if they do not work.

In Indonesia, level of education usually held the national exam to test ability of students. According Furqon (2004) explains that national exam was done for almost all subjects for students at the end of each of the school level, elementary, middle school and high school. National examination is very important for students . In elementary school during six years, national exam is held during three days. The lesson for exam are Indonesia language, Mathematic and Natural sciences (IPA). In Junior High School national exam is held during four days. The lesson for exam are Indonesia language, Mathematic, Natural sciences (IPA) and English language. Meanwhile in Senior High School is held 3 days, because everyday two lesson for exam. Different between Senior High School and other level school are that Senior High School has some direction like sciences, social and language. National exam is also used determine graduate every student. It is important because the result from students ability.

According Djemari Mardapi, dkk. (2004) national exam has two effects positive and negative. Positive effects are the existence of  national exam help students to preparations to deal with national exam by the exercise, followed by adding hours of study, and the last to follow the guidance of the test. In addition to a positive impact on students, national exam can also be a positive impact to teachers, that are more enterpre teachers teach and to motivation when they teach.

Negative effects are national exam also had a negative impact although only a small proportion who felt it. Teachers stating that national exam can cause physical fatigue for students, national exam lead to stress for students. Some people content that national exam can not be the benchmark graduate, because students study  in the school during years and their graduate are determined with their score of national exam. They disagree because their opinion is not fair.

According Amillatulaila Susanti (2014) explains some rules of education that national exam is used to register in higher education. Some people believe that national exam is important to know whether students have material or not. National exam becomes necessary for students as graduate and to register in higher education. People who support national exam explain that to measure ability of students during they study in school. Existence the national exam makes the students to study hard and they can compete with other to get the best result. It can helps the country especially in Indonesia, that it can finds smart of the students. It has purpose that will allow them to get skills and they will need to help them prepare for good career. I disagree about this opinion, because I have some reason about national exam. First, national exam is held 3-4 days and it makes the students to study hard every night. Second, national exam is held during 2 hours, besides the students study in school during 3 years. So their graduate is determined during 3 days. Third, national exam can makes the students depression, because if they don’t graduate and they can’t be received in their favorite university.

The conclusion from the text that the government should be care about education in Indonesia and should give free of school for destitute of society, in order they can feel education and get knowledge wider. Government gives schoolarship children to continue to school. Then final of education, usually held national exam to test for students, but some people disagree about it because their opinion content that national exam is something difficult to do. So, the solution is score of national exam is constant is used, but 40 percent score of national exam and 60 percent score raport from the first until last semester. It consists total from students and fair to register in higher education.

Reference :

Mardapi, Djemari dkk.   (2004).   Dampak   Ujian   Akhir.Laporan   Penelitian.   Yogyakarta:Pascasarjana. (Tuesday, June 28^th 2016 at 20.17)

Susanti, Amillatulaila.   (2004, May16).   Should National Examination For Senior High School In Indonesia Be Deleted? Artikel. Surabaya:UNAIR. (Saturday, June 11^th 2016 at 21.43)

Furqon. (2004, December 23). Masih perlukah ujian nasional? [Is the national exam still             needed?]. Pikiran Rakyat. (Tuesday, June 28^th 2016 at 21.04)

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