National Examination

The national examination is an exam that occurs nationally in Indonesia every year. Every 6th, 9th and 12th grade student undertakes it. Sure, the purpose of the national exam is to measure the students' competences and intelligence, but the problem is that the purpose isn't accomplished. And it's actually everyone's fault. The national exam takes up a lot of money and thus a lot of them are corrupted by the government officials. Also, the national exam makes the students stressed out and unconfident about themselves, thus they cheat to get good scores. So, you can say that nothing is gained by running the national exam. In fact, instead of making students smarter, it ruins their morals instead.

This year's national exam is probably the worst national exam yet. The papers weren't delivered on time to some places, which makes the national exam postponed at some places. Also, the answer sheet's quality is very poor, which is probably because the money was corrupted. So basically this year's national exam was a failure.

I think that the national exam is quite unnecessary, because even though the initial purpose is good, the actualization is really bad. The nation's money is corrupted, and the students' morals are ruined. So the government should stop running the national exam because it has more negative effects than positive effects. If the government insists on preserving the national exam, a lot of things in this country must be fixed first, especially the people's morals.