Zoning System and Comfort Zone

KOMPAS/BAHANA PATRIA GUPTA

Anita Lie

In the last few weeks, education circles have been getting noisy following the controversy over the implementation of the zoning policy as instructed in the Education and Culture Ministererial Regulation Number 51/2018 on the new students admissions process (PPDB).

Articles 5 and 16 of the regulation stipulate that PPDB in to be carried out online with 90 percent of places to be allocated via zoning, 5 percent for academic merit and 5 percent for the transfer of duties of parents/caretakers guardians. This zoning policy is intended to "encourage increased access to education services", as outlined in Article 3.