Mendikdasmen Pastikan Aturan SPMB Segera Terbit

Photo Archives - Minister of Basic and Secondary Education (Mendikdasmen) Abdul Mu'ti conveyed the material while teaching at SDN 59 Palembang, South Sumatra, Friday (1/11/2024). BETWEEN PHOTOS/Nova Wahyudi/foc/am.

JAKARTA - Minister of Basic and Secondary Education (Mendikdasmen) Abdul Mu'ti ensures that regulations related to the 2025 New Student Admission System (SPMB) will be issued soon.

"God willing, in the not too distant future there will be a Regulation of the Minister of Basic and Secondary Education which has been substantially approved by the President and has been parameters by the relevant ministers, as well as by the Ministry of Law," said Abdul Mu'ti as quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, February 25.

According to Mu'ti, according to the regulation, the SPMB will contain a number of changes to the rules of the New Student Admission System (PPDB) which was previously implemented. "For elementary school the rules are still the same," he said.

One of the changes is to replace the zoning system, which has been the basis for placing new students, with a domicile system that allows students to choose public schools outside the administrative area where they live.

"So, it is possible for the student to study in areas outside the administrative area where he lives. In fact, it could be across provinces if he is indeed close to his place of residence," he said.

In addition, the percentage of new student admissions through achievement and affirmation channels, said Mu'ti, will also be increased.

Especially for High School (SMA), it will implement a rayon system so that students are allowed to register at high school outside the regency where they live, or even across provinces if they are closer.

"Indeed, the priority is in the same province, but it can also be possible if the place of residence is close to it, it can also be in different provinces," said the Minister of Education and Culture.

In the new regulation, continued Mu'ti, public schools can only accept new students in one wave of admissions and it is certain that they do not exceed the specified capacity.

The restrictions are to avoid inequality in student ratios per class with the number of teaching staff, including preventing the practice of "selling and buying seats" in public schools.

"Later we will announce how much capacity the state schools have in terms of the number of classes and the number of students that can be accepted. What is unacceptable in the country, he is directed to study in accredited private sector," he said.

Mu'ti stated that she would encourage local governments to provide educational assistance for those who attend private schools.

The aid mechanism, he said, could use regional school operational assistance funds (BOS) or through other funding schemes such as those carried out by Badung Regency in Bali and South Tangerang City.

"Local governments have an obligation to allocate funds to help them study in the private sector," he said.

The Minister of Education and Culture is also conducting a study regarding the possibility of merging or "merger" for elementary schools that lack students.

"Later, teachers who previously taught at schools that might be merged, the teacher becomes excessive, he can be assigned to private schools because there is already a Regulation of the Minister of Basic and Secondary Education Number 1 of 2025 which states that ASN teachers, whether they are civil servants or P3K, can be assigned to teach in private schools," said Mu'ti.