Questioning the Legal Certainty of the National Exams
The Education and Culture Minister recently issued Circular Letter Number 1 of 2021 concerning the Abolition of National Exams of School Exams in the Emergency Period for the Spread of Coronavirus Disease or Covid-19.
Cecep Darmawan
The Education and Culture Minister recently issued Circular Letter Number 1 of 2021 concerning the Abolition of National Exams (UN) and Equality Exams and Implementation of School Exams in the Emergency Period for the Spread of Coronavirus Disease or Covid-19.
This circular should be appreciated as well as criticized, especially regarding the abolition of National Exams. The national exams are often controversial. Education is actually measured by a comprehensive approach, both in the aspects of cognition, affection and psychomotor skills. Even so, education evaluation is not just a variant of the quantitative figures of students\' cognition, but must describe students as the whole human beings from various dimensions of intelligence and character. Therefore, the elimination of the national exams is the right step.