THE NATIONAL EXAM SHOULD BE DELETED

Moderator : Good afternoon everyone, I’m …. From the group 7 as the moderator of the group
6. Today the group 6 will presents you a debate session titled “The National Exam
Should Be Deleted”.
The National Exam or we usually called it UN is an annual ritual that must be
passed by all sixth, ninth and twelfth grade students. The implementation of the
National Exam from year to year always make controversy. Some people think
that UN is no longer need to be done for many reasons, but some are saying that
UN should be done because it has its own benefits.
So, this is the first speaker from the cons, Audi Revian.
Audi : Thank you. First, I want you to know the main benefits of the National Exam, it
is to determine the condition of education in Indonesia. If there is no UN, the
government would be difficult to know the condition in each region. With UN,
the government could find the shortage or excess in each region in Indonesia, so
any help would be right on target, both financial and infrastructure. If there is no
UN, how the government help the schools at the end of east or west? Whether
they are lack of teachers, need improvement of educational facilities or what
subjects they can’t or difficult to learn. With UN the government could combine
the data and use it for policy intervention.
Secondly, if the UN deleted, the government will difficult to determine the
standard of education competency, the UN also can be use to assess the ability of
students in Indonesia and improving the quality of education in Indonesia. Thank
you.
Moderator : So that are the arguments of the first speaker from the cons. And now please
welcome the first speaker from the pros, Prayoga Arya,
Yoga : Thank you. So, if you say UN is a way to improve the education quality, that
assumption is actually wrong. The government has to see the quality of our
education before they decide to conduct UN. There are many schools in remote
areas in Indonesia which are in bad conditions, they don’t have enough facilities
to support their learning process, so the government should delete UN if the
education quality in all part in Indonesia still different. Therefore, before the
government decides to conduct UN, it is better for them to improve the education
quality in all part in Indonesia because education in Indonesia is still unbalanced
You also state Un is the way to evaluate the ability of students. That statement is
absolutely false. They have to see the real condition in the school. There are many
schools which are dishonest when the conduct UN. They give the answer to the
students in order to help them to pass UN. The score they got is not the true score,
there are many manipulations in the implementation of UN. So, if we see the
reality, UN is not an effective way to evaluate the ability of students. The
government should find another way. Beside that, tha national exam also requires
enormous costs that the government could use it for more useful things. Thank
you.
Moderator : Okay, so that are the arguments from the first speaker of the pros, now this is the
second speaker from the cons, Yuriza Rizky Putra.
Yuri : Thank you.
- Efficiency to assess the ability of education in Indonesia
- The cost would be no different if you send its employee to each schools in
Indonesia
- UN motivates students to be more diligent and it provides them with goals
- UN opens more job opportunity.
Thank you.
Moderator : Thank you yuriza. So this is our last debaters, please welcome Aulia Luthfi from
the pros.
Aulia : Thank you. So, if you say UN motivates students to be more diligent it is totally
wrong because in reality all of the students are afraid of UN. The worry they
cannot pass it. Because of those feelings, they tolerate all ways eventhough those
ways are wrong, such as buying the key answer of the UN. Not only the students
who worry about UN, the teachers also feel the same thing so, they also tolerate
the students who are dishonest in UN, even some teachers also help the students
by giving the answer. If we see the reality, it is acceptable if we say that UN is
not effective to motivate students. UN will just make students to be dishonest.
And for job opportunity, our goals is not to make profit for other people. It is to
improve the quality of education in Indonesia. Thank you.
Moderator : Thank you Aulia. Well, all of the debbaters have presented their arguments, so
now it’s time for each group, pros and cons to make the conclusion.
Pros : (Conclusion)
Cons : (Conclusion)
Moderator : Thank you for the conclusion. And now it’s up to you what do you want to choose,
the pros or the cons.
So, this debate session is finally over. Thank you for your attention. Good
afternoon!