School Enrollment

All state kindergartens and elementary schools in Surakarta,

Surakarta is located in  Central Java

Schools are going to implement a school zoning enrollment system aimed at reducing favoritism.

The achievement-based enrollment system would no longer be used.

“No matter how bad the students' achievements are, they would be accepted if their homes are close to the school.

,” she said.
Previously, state schools applied an enrollment system that gave priority to students’ national exam results, which

This enrolment system created a tendency among parents to choose popular schools.
Launched in 2016, the school zoning enrollment system is an effort by the Ministry to make state schools prioritize students who live close by,

This enrolment system is also to boost the overall quality of education.
90 percent of Surakarta students would be accepted based on the proximity of their houses to the schools,

while 5 percent would be accepted based on their academic achievements.

The remaining openings would be for transfer students.
“The draft has been completed. We are just waiting for it to be established as a mayoral regulation,”.

The way public thinks must change.

All schools are the same. The capacity of teachers in all schools are the same.

Moreover, state schools have been treated equally.
The agency planned to familiarize every state kindergarten and elementary school in Surakarta with the system.

The official public school enrollment website, PPDB Online, would rank student candidates based on their home-to-school distances.

The new system was expected to increase the competence of students and reduce social exclusivity in schools.