Scholastic Test for State University Admission

To teach how to think or reason is to prioritize rationality. Like learning to swim, students don't simply learn from the teacher's knowledge, but dive into the pool themselves, to be actively involved.

The Education, Culture, Research and Technology Ministry has eliminated the previous state university admissions system (SBMPTN). For 2023, there will be no entrance examination for school subjects as before to assess the academic competence of prospective students. It will be replaced with a scholastic aptitude test.

Entrance examinations in the university admissions process, according to Education, Culture, Research and Technology Minister Nadiem Makarim, generally forced schools’ learning programs to focus more on certain school subjects that appeared on the exams, while other non-exam subjects seemed to be viewed as less important. The learning process also tended to resemble a simulation of the exams, drilling students on how to apply smart strategies in tackling the exam questions. This approach has been blamed for the decline in learning quality.