By: Choirul Fuadi)*
CIDISS – Getting the fewer amounts of students who enroll and continue his education in private schools, middle and upper level (Junior, MTS, SMA) in Kotawaringin Barat Regency (Kobar) led to the school’s threatened closing. It is because the less of students.
Based on the data, from year to year the number of new students who register declined. One of these reason is private school compete with the state schools.
Based on data recipient school operational assistance funds school (BOSS), such as quote in Borneo News.co.id, mentioned that between public and private schools there are such incredible inequality occurs.
Such as SMA (Senior High School) Negeri 1 Pangkalan Bun, The number of students is 668 students. Compare with SMA PGRI, the student number is only 50 students.
Another comparison, SMA Negeri 2 Pangkalan Bun, total number of students is 615 students. When compared with the SMA ABDI, the total students is only 61 students, it’s certainly very discrepancy.
According to the headmaster of SMA PGRI, Eyudia Somu, this due to inconsistency of implementation of the rules when admission, such as restrictions on the number of quota and local (class). If a number of state school commitment on the restrictions, the non-seeded private school will receive the students.
She gave example, the admission quota per class, e.g. a maximum of 40 students, and qualified sixth-grade classrooms. But because of over enthusiasts’ student, they can increase the number of quota and the classroom.
Whereas before the board of Education, Youth and sport will give a sanction to schools that violate the rules. But this practice still goes on.