Kami sampaikan informasi penting bagi calon mahasiswa yang mendaftarkan diri melalui jalur Seleksi Nasional Masuk Perguruan Tinggi Negeri (SNMPTN) yang terbagi dua jalur, yakni jalur ujian tertulis dan jalur undangan.

Pasalnya pendaftaran melalui jalur undangan akan ditutup pendaftarannya melalui system online mulai 1 Februari akan ditutup sampai 8 Maret 2012. Dan pengumuman hasil seleksi jalur undangan 28 Mei 2012. Sedangkan ujian tertulis pendaftarannya 10 Mei sampai 31 Mei 2012. Mengenai biaya pendaftaran SNMPTN jalur undangan dan ujian tertulis tahun 2012 sebesar Rp.175.000 per siswa. Yang dibayarkan secara langsung ke kas Bank Mandiri.

Sedangkan kuota atau daya tampung jalur SNMPTN sekitar 1.497 untuk ujian tertulis dan jalur undangan sekitar 342 mahasiswa. Jika dijumlahkan secara keseluruhan kuota yang bisa ditampung Unib dalam jalur SNMPTN 1839 mahasiswa.

"Melalui jalur SNMPTN baik jalur undangan maupun ujian tertulis. Unib menampung secara keseluruhan 1839 mahasiswa. Jadi jika mahasiswa yang tidak lulus di jalur undangan. Selanjutnya bisa mengikuti ujian tertulis SNMPTN," ujar Kepala Humas Unib, Suharyanto, S.Pt, M.Si.

Ditambahkan Suharyanto, Sedangkan penerimaan siswa yang dilakukan mandiri terbagi ke jalur PPA sekitar 529 dan jalur SPMU sekitar 561 mahasiswa. Namun angka tersebut belum bisa ditetapkan secara pasti. Karena masih akan dilakukan rapat kembali.

"Itu baru angka bayangan saja. Kalau secara keseluruhan Unib itu menampung baik jalur SNMPTN maupun jalur SPMU jika digabungkan, bisa mencapai 3000 mahasiswa yang ditampung," ungkapnya.

Lanjut Suharyanto, untuk jalur ujian tertulis dan keterampilan merupakan salah satu jalur SNMPTN yang diharapkan mampu memprediksi keberhasilan calon mahasiswa menyelesaikan studi tepat waktu di perguruan tinggi. Ujian tertulis menggunakan soal ujian yang dikembangkan sedemikian rupa sehingga memenuhi persyaratan validitas, tingkat kesulitan, dan daya pembeda yang memadai.

Disamping itu, soal SNMPTN dirancang untuk mengukur kemampuan umum yang diprediksi menentukan keberhasilan calon mahasiswa di semua program studi, yakni kemampuan berpikir tingkat tinggi (higher order thinking), yang meliputi Tes Potensi Akademik (TPA), Tes Bidang Studi Dasar, Tes Bidang Studi IPA, dan Tes Bidang Studi IPS. Ujian Keterampilan dilakukan untuk mengukur kemampuan dalam bidang ilmu Seni dan Keolahragaan.

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Next year the results of national examinations (UN) can be integrated to enter public universities (PTN). Moreover, it has become a collective agreement.

This is expressed by educational researchers from the Center for Educational Assessment Ministry of National Education (Ministry of National Education), Drs. Safari, M., P.A.U. told reporters on the sidelines of a workshop in Bandung education Vocational School (SMK) District 9, Jln. Soekarno-Hatta Jakarta, Wednesday (28 / 9).

"But certainly whether or not the policy of the government, I can not be sure," said Safari.

It is said, wants the UN to integrate the value of PT, because the UN was the same (standard). While public universities have not been standardized exam results. "This is the basis, we want the UN could be admission to state universities," he said.

According to him, in the implementation, the UN has been running smoothly and perfectly. That need to be perfected, is the only technical problems, especially for entry into the PTN.

"PTN must accept, because this discourse has been discussed and agreed between the parties," he added.

According to him, from the research results, implementation of the UN in Indonesia the envy of other countries, especially from the technical side of implementation. In addition, the UN is the same standard of value, namely 5.5 standard value even if the UN is still relatively small.

"In other countries, like Malaysia and Singapore standardized test scores of at least seven," he said.

Safari said the UN to measure students' ability to be implemented nationally. While the material being tested is at least the lesson has been taught in school.

"There's no way the material being tested is a lesson not taught in school," he said.

The existence of the cons of this examination, because the material in accordance with the UN is not being taught. Safari said the school should introspection, because the teacher did not teach properly.

Separately, Head of Education Jabar, Prof. Dr. Wahyudin Zarkasyi said the UN to integrate the results into the PTN was already discussed and will be piloted in 2012. However, there are some technical implementation should be enhanced.

"Implementation of the UN Special mechanisms are integrated into state universities," he added.

Wahyudin claimed to strongly support the UN can be a prerequisite for entry PTN. "But there are some that must be perfected," he said.

While Chairman of the Board of Education of Bandung, Kusmeni Hartadji rate, pemeritah not yet ready to integrate the UN to be a prerequisite get into state universities. In addition to the implementation of the system is not perfect, it still happens dishonesty among students and supervisors in the implementation of the UN.

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