Margani M. Mustar, Head Office of Middle and High Education Affairs of DKI Jakarta announced (June 14, 2008) that the passing rate of SMK this year increases by 96,19% compared to last year’s 92,25%, while of SMA decreases by 91,98% compared to last year’s 93,78%.

Those who are failed in the test, 4,416 students of General SMA and 3,575 students od Vocational SMK, are not yet identified what schools they are from and what makes them failed. However, Mustar speculated that the cause of the failure could be due to the more difficult test problems and the more number of subjects tested (6 subjects) this year compared to the ones of last year (3 subjects).

“Our office is still undergoing an evaluation and analysis to find out the factors that make big number of students failed in the final test this year” said Margani M. Mustar.

The rate of final exam (UN) passing of state and private Junior High School (SMP) students in DKI Jakarta in the year 2007/2008 reaches 99.99%. Out of 116,254 students taking part in the UN (National Final Examination), 116,239 students passed and only 15 students or 0.01% failed. This puts DKI Jakarta in the first rank of UN result nationally.

UN of 2008 is different from the previous ones since in this year, there is additional subject tested, Science (IPA), to the existing ones: Indonesian language, English and Math. According to Jakarta provincial office of education department, the score students reach at average is 7.35 from the required passing grade of 5.25.

There are even students who can reach the perfect score of 10 in some subjects. 1,379 students get score 10 in Math, 180 students in English and 25 students in Science (IPA). Ratu Meidina, student of SMPN 115 Tebet South Jakarta has successfully got the first rank (38.95) with 9.40 for Indonesian language, 9.80 for English, 10.00 for Math and 9,75 for Science (IPA). Two students take the second place with the same average score of 38.90, they are; Nuke Ferdilia Prasiwi (student of SMPN 9) and Sherry Almira Puspita (student of SMPN 115). Elita Yulianti, student of SMP Kristen Kurnia, takes the third place.

The big five of State Junior High Schools reaching the highest average score are SMPN 115 Tebet South Jakarta (35.82), SMPN 41 South Jakarta (34.49), SMPN 109 East Jakarta (34.39), SMPN 30 North Jakarta (34.21) and SMPN19 South Jakarta with 34.19. Those schools could successfully bring their students passed 100%.

While the big five of Private Junior High Schools are SMP Kanisius Central Jakarta with average score of 36.37, SMP Santa Ursula Central Jakarta (35.87), SMP Katolik 2 Penabur Central Jakarta (35.77), SMP Labschool Kebayoran South Jakarta (35.50) and SMP Katolik IPEKA West Jakarta with 35.33.

The following schools belong to the big ten of Junior High Schools in UN result in DKI Jakarta, they are;
1.SMP Kanisius Central Jakarta with average score of 36.37
2.SMP Santa Ursula Central Jakarta with average score of 35.87
3.SMPN 115 Tebet South Jakarta with average score of 35.82
4.SMPK Penabur Central Jakarta with average score of 35.77
5.SMP Labschool Kebayoran with average score of 35.50
6.SMP Katolik IPEKA West Jakarta with average score of 35.33
7.SMPN 41 with average score of 34.49
8.SMPN 109 with average score of 34.39
9.SMPN 30 with average score of 34.21
10.SMPN 19 with average score of 34.19
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