Name : Irham

Class : XII IIS 1

Subject : English

News Item Text

A. Find out the synonym of the following words from the text:
1. Fill = enough
2. Disappointment = dissatisfication
3. Registration = enrollment
4. Turn down = reject
5. Acceptance = admission

B. Answer the following questions based on the text:

1. Online school registration system.
2. Because according to the parents, the online system was disorganized and made it
difficult for the parents to register their children for enrollment in public schools.
3. Riki Setyanto’s daughter.
4. Her son was initially accepted at a public East Jakarta school through the
admission phase. However, he didn’t re-register with that school as he wanted to
shoot for a better state-run school through the local admission phase.
5. First, Riki Setyanto’s daughter can’t register to any school because her name is
still listed in school who rejected her because of height matters. Second,
Nuraisyah Paransa’s son rejected in the second options school because he didn’t
re-register at the first school.
6. Because this year’s student admission system has three phases; public admission,
local admission, and third admission, which result becoming more complicated
for the parents.
7. According to one of the parents, a lot of people have chosen public schools over
private schools for finance reason.
8. As a parent, I am faced with a problem like this. Of course I will do the best for
my child. In my opinion, online school enrollment is not a useless system. As a
parent, I really agree with this system, because now society is faced with an
epidemic. With this online system, it allows people not to gather. Then
registration is easier because we don’t need to spend a lot of energy to get the
child to the destination school. However, on the other hand there is a
disadvantage, namely there are too many complicated requirements that make it
difficult for parents. It would be nice of the government and the school to provide
flexibility and convenience to parents
 9. In my opinion, Ahok takes this kind of problem too easily. As a governor, he
should protect and provide firm solutions and policies regarding this online school
registration. So that people do not feel confused about the online school
registration system. Because I believe, every parent must be worried about the
continuation of their child’s education. If the governor only said to be patient, of
course this suggestion could not eliminate the parents’ anxiety
10. If I were Ahok, I would appease a worried parents and discuss it with an agency
about an alternative solution for the problem.

C. Fill in the blank by referring to the text:

Main event Online School Registration.
Who was involved? Parents, head of the Jakarta Education
Agency, and Jakarta governor.
When did it happen? After school registration.
Source of news The Jakarta Post.
Statement from the head of the Jakarta Lasro Marbun, head of Jakarta Education
Education Agency Agency, said that anyone who did not re-
register in the public admission phase and
was unable to register during local
admission or third admission, could
register their children at private schools.
‘They can then transfer them to a public
shool in the second semester,” he said on
Thursday as quoted by kompas.com
Statements from one of the parents ‘I cannot pay for a private school, if he
thinks that is a good alternative for us, he
should just give us the money to pay for
those schools,” she said.
Statement from the governor Meanwhile, acting Jakarta governor
Basuki ‘Ahok’ Tjahaja Purnama said that
the parents should be patient and not
panic.

“We had no problems last year. The

process might be a little complicated but
there is no reason to panic,” Ahok told
reporters at City Hall