Refuse To Be Tackled To Enter State Schools Through Analytics Of The Championship Charter, Parents: Still In Court

An illustration of a junior high school student getting directions before entering high school. (ANTARA).

The parents of prospective students whose championship certificates were disallowed at the 2024 Central Java High School/SMK New Student Admissions (PPDB) considered the decision rushed.

"Because until now there has been no court results. That's what we demand, until now the process is still ongoing in the police," said Indah, student parent representative, in Semarang, quoted from ANTARA, Monday, July 15.

This was conveyed by him, Sunday, July 14 after an audience with the Mayor of Semarang Hevearita Gunaryanti Rahayu regarding the issue of collecting the certificate of appreciation that happened to the 69 students.

The Central Java Provincial Government has decided to annul the value of the Malaysia International Marching Championship 2022 charter which 69 students used to register at SMA/SMK because its validity is doubtful.

Of that number, 65 people registered for public high school and four public vocational schools, spread across SMAN 1 Semarang, SMAN 3 Semarang, SMAN 5 Semarang, SMAN 6 Semarang, SMAN 14 Semarang, SMKN 7, and SMKN 6 Semarang.

With this charter, the students initially got three additional points because it was written that they won first place, but after being verified on the organizers' website, they only won third place so they were disallowed.

This means that the 69 students lost the certificate value so they only relied on the report card value, but there were seven prospective students who passed the re-registered because the report card value was sufficient.

They also wanted to replace the charter, which was doubtful with another charter, but the Central Java Education and Culture Office refused because the data was already locked in the PPDB system.

The plan, said Indah, is that they will also submit the matter to the State Administrative Court (PTUN) because the verdict of the post-certificate is considered unfair and hurts students' psychology.

"Our plan to go there (PTUN) is because we see the results of the Central Java Education and Culture's decision to injure children, there is a sense of injustice. Don't ask, children are extraordinary stress when this news first appears," he said.

Meanwhile, Semarang Mayor Hevearita Gunaryanti Rahayu admitted that she had invited the student's parents to find out about the problem and help find a solution.

"I ask for complete documents, we will clarify again what the case looks like. Because I am like a referee. I can find out from this side after receiving an explanation from my parents," said Ita, her nickname.

The plan is that Ita and related regional apparatus organizations (OPD) will meet with the Central Java Education and Culture Office on Monday (15/7) to ask for an explanation of the problem.

"It's only tomorrow to receive an explanation from the provincial Education and Culture Office. God willing, tomorrow we can meet, we will be a 'full team'," said the first woman to become the mayor of Semarang.

Most importantly, Ita emphasized that these children must continue their education, and the Semarang City Government will continue to assist them until they get schools, both public and private.