Vice President Ma'ruf Amin Agrees That UN Will Be Removed As Long As There Is A Substitute In Today's Memory, December 11, 2019

Ma'ruf Amin, who served as Vice President for the 2019-2024 era. (ANTARA)

JAKARTA Memories of today, five years ago, December 11, 2019, Vice President (Wapres), Ma'ruf Amin revealed that he agreed with the abolition of the national exam (UN) as long as there was a replacement. Ma'ruf wants his replacement system to be more effective as a benchmark for academics.

Previously, the discourse on removing the national exam had been present since the Muhadjir Effendy era. This wish did not go smoothly. Opinions arise everywhere. The government is considered unable to prepare a benchmark for administrative UN replacement.

UN was once a benchmark for student graduation. This condition often makes teachers, parents, and school children dizzy. Whoever studies will truly graduate. Those who do not pass must be complacent to take the equality exam.

Not to mention the disgrace that did not pass UN. It is said that there were those who committed suicide because they were embarrassed that they did not pass. This condition provoked many teachers and students to hold prayers together and certain rituals. However, everything changed when the Minister of Education and Culture (Mendikbud) in the 2014-2016 era, Anies Baswedan reduced the 'power' of the UN.

UN will no longer be the only graduation factor in 2015. The school will accumulate other values to determine graduation. Problems arise. Anies' replacement, Minister of Education and Culture from the 2016-2019 era Muhadjir Effendy wants to remove the total UN from the school's education system.

This condition brings a new polemic. Anies, who reduces UN, couldn't understand it. He believes that UN is an important part of the selection process to a further level. If the UN is removed by the government, the power company must choose a replacement option that is complete.

An assessment that can really be a benchmark for student academics. The problem is, if there is no problem removing UN, it will only bring new problems. Lately, the business of removing UN is only based on ideas.

"I'm confused about what to do with this one. Later, if the child registers from junior high school to high school, what should I try to do with it. The principal wants to select what to use, later if you go to a higher level, what to think carefully".

"If the problem is that UN is made a graduation requirement, it's scary. It's been two years, it hasn't been a graduation requirement. The Minister of Education and Culture said UN is scary. The Minister of Education and Culture sees that the two years have not been scary. There are no more strange prayers, gatherings. So what's scary about UN has been completed two years ago, "explained Anies as quoted on the detik.com page, November 27, 2016.

The government of Mendikbudristek in the era of 2019-2024, Nadiem Makarim tried to do the same. Nadiem wants to implement four national learning programs, one of which is to remove UN. Nadiem wants to sharpen other options after the last UN in 2020.

Later, the UN will be replaced with a Minimum Competency Assessment and Character Survey. This assessment occurs in the ability to use language, to character education. Nadiem's desire to remove the UN attracted the attention of the Vice President, Ma'ruf Amin on December 11, 2019.

Ma'ruf emphasized that it would not matter if UN was removed as long as there was a replacement. Nadiem is required to be able to accommodate different educational standards in the regions. Nadiem also needs to understand that students' abilities in various regions cannot be beaten evenly.

So far, the UN has been good enough to accommodate the affairs of providing school children in the regions. If Nadiem is unable to prepare it, then it is better for the UN not to be abolished.

If you want to replace the UN, there must be effective measuring tools that can measure standards rather than education in each region. It is important, because it still increases existing standards, (for example) Papua is like this. It looks like its ability."

"In addition to giving birth, having competence, it also has integrity, including governance. So the UN is a measuring tool for measuring standards from students from various levels," explained Ma'ruf Amin as quoted on the ANTARA page, December 11, 2019.