JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Minister of Education and Culture Nadiem Makariem clarified a number of reports that said he was planning to delete the National Examination (UN) in 2021. He emphasized that the more appropriate word was not to abolish the UN, but instead to replace the UN with a new assessment system. "Some things so that there is no misperception, the UN is not abolished. Sorry, the word deleted is only headlines in the media to be clicked on, because that is the most salable. Thus, the UN was replaced as a competency assessment," Nadiem said in a joint meeting with the House of Representatives Commission X at the DPR, Senayan, Jakarta, Thursday (12/12/2019).
In addition to the competency assessment, the UN will also be replaced by a character survey. According to Nadiem, the two assessments were a simplification of the UN. He also emphasized once again that the right language was not to remove the UN, but rather to replace the UN system. "What is deleted is the format as it is now. What is deleted is the format per subject following the complete syllabus rather than the curriculum," he explained. Also read: Meeting in the DPR, Nadiem Explains the Reason for Erasing the National Examination: Solid Material, the End of Memorizing "Replaced, but with a minimum competency assessment, which is almost like something like PISA, namely literacy, numeracy, plus there is a character survey," continued Nadiem. Regarding the minimum competency assessment and character survey, Nadiem has explained it in a working meeting with the House of Representatives Commission X. There are three reasons why the National Examination needs to be replaced with both of the assessment patterns. UN is considered too focused on the ability to memorize and burden students, parents and teachers. Also read: National Substitute Assesss Literacy and Numeration Ability, What Is It? In addition, the national examination is also considered not to touch students' cognitive and character development abilities. "To assess the cognitive aspects were not yet stable. Because not cognitive tests. But aspects of memory. Memory and cognitive are two different things," Nadiem said at the Parliament, Senayan, Jakarta, Thursday (12/12/2019). "It doesn't even touch the character, values of the child that I say are even as important or more important than cognitive abilities," he continued.
This article has been published on Kompas.com with the title "Clarification of Nadiem Makarim: UN Not Removed, Only Replaced ...", https://nasional.kompas.com/read/2019/12/13/08224851/klarifikasi-nadiem- makarim-un-not-deleted-just-replaced.
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