(a note of UN examination)
by Rusdi, S.Pd
SMP NEGERI 1 JAKEN PATI 59184
UN or national test has done on April this year. There are some notes in this big annual event. UN is a test in the end of the study at secondary schools especially on junior or senior high school level. This test is used to determine the students pass or not after studying for three years. It always makes pro and contra. For group of pro the test, it is waited by students, teachers, headmasters and all elements of education.
They agree the test is done. They have some reasons. They are (1) it is used by the government, especially the Department of Education and Culture, to value the reach of students' competency in some lessons or subjects; (2) to know the ability of the students in studying materials when they studied at schools; (3) to mark the schools' success in teaching and learning process; (4) to map the quality of the educational programs and also the programs of education later in the future; (5) to enter the higher stage or level of education; (6) to value the students pass the exam from the schools or not; (7) to certain the schools can get educational aids to improve the quality of education. Without it the schools will have difficulties to check up the students' ability to enter the higher schools.
However, for the contra, it just kills the students' ability. The students, who learned for three years, are just justified by three or four lessons/ subjects. They are English, Mathematics, Indonesian and Science. If the marks of those lessons don't be gotten as the target, the students must not pass. They are failure. They are sad. Their parents are also shy. They must not want it.
Because the UN test is used to enter the higher schools and to mark the schools' success in teaching and learning process, the schools and the students do something to get high value in UN test. They did both positive efforts and also negative ones.
The positive efforts are usually done by schools or students with (1) giving additional materials; (2) adding lessons' hours at noon; (3) giving more materials and also joining the educational guides or institutions. Some students join the try out at schools done by schools or institutions of education.
However, the students and the elements of education don't have confident to face the UN test. They also do negative efforts. They do cheating and doing unfair. The cheating on UN test can be divided into two categories. They are (1) done by students and (2) planned by schools or UN committee at schools. They join to cheat.
The cheating done by students are (1) joining or collaborating among the students. They ask the answers each other, borrow the answers sheet on a test room; (2) sending SMS containing the answers among the students, in a room or another one. It is also another school. (3) opening books, notes, summaries; (4) writing some notes on tables or chairs, hand, arms, tissues or other places of the body; (5) putting the answers on some places, for examples; the clever students ask permission to go to toilet and put the answers on toilet or wall of out the class. Then, other students take the answers and distribute them to other students at schools.
The students cheat to get good marks, and then, they can pass the examination. They can use it to get good schools. If they don't cheat, they think they will be failure. If they don't succeed, they will be shy. Their parents are also shy. Their teachers are too.
