CONDUCTING NATIONAL EXAMINATION?!

(A Summary of “AGTS at Senior High School 1 Kediri” Debate)

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Every year, All of students from Elementary school, Junior High School and Senior High School all around Indonesia face an examination created for national scale to pass their study. Same grade students from Sabang to Marauke will solve the same question together in the different place. That’s National Examination. And this house whether conducting national examination.

PROS (Government Team) : (This House Believe That National Examination Should Be Conducted)	CONS (Opposition Team) : (This House Believe That National Examination Should NOT Be Conducted)
After study for several years, The students need high quality measurement medium to determine their ability. National Examination is the perfect system for this purpose. It gives possibility for the students to know how good their knowledge in national standard point of view. In the large scale, it is very useful to measure education quality of a nation.	National Examination is not the only one way to measure education quality. We can use other valid indicators, such as Drop Out Numbers, Human Development Index and National Achievement. Using National examination to determine a student quality is unfair. Because every school give different treatment for their students with different quality of facility, tools, books and teaching-learning condition. There is high differentiation between uptown school and downtown school. So, It’s doesn’t logic if they get the same examination.
Indonesia already apply national curriculum. Books and Teaching-learning system are standardize and design according to this curriculum. And it is a responsibility to make all of Indonesian student to learn the same kind of skill based on that curriculum. Therefore, As long as every school follows the curriculum, there is no problem. National examination also will make sure that every graduate has certain standard knowledge and skill of a subject.	An examination can be created by each school with national standard under government supervision. Because it is need much money to held a national examination. There is much budget needed for questions creation, process of printing, distribution and the salary for every involved people. Beside money, it also wastes time and energy. All of those budget, time and energy can be more useful for other program that can give more significant increases for education quality in Indonesia.
Many of expert country, such as America, Canada and Finland, which are famous as high quality of education nation, apply national examination. It is a proof that national examination is good system. Because those country only choose the best for their young generation. National examination not only can motivate the students but also the teachers so they will work harder for develop their ability. It is not easy but many countries proof that it is not impossible.	In fact, large part of students doesn’t take any motivation from this system. Instead, they become frustrated and get mentality disturbing. Because all of their effort in 3 years will be entrusted on several hours. So as the alternative way, they are cheating or do irrational thing. Many students kill their self when they don’t pass this examination. National examination just like destruction machine for their mentality. Because all of their objectives in life depend on one point.

Well, that’s a preposition and opposition argumentation about conducting National Examination. As usual, I always waiting for your own argument. Keep spirit and see you on the next edition ;-D caaaaaaaawwwwwwwww (*_*)/ (B Nila Sari N)