Jakarta -The Minister of Primary and Secondary Education (Mendikdasmen), Abdul Mu’ti, stated that the new version of the National Examination (UN) will be held starting in November 2025 for high school, vocational school, and madrasah students.
Mu’ti added that the UN results can be beneficial as one of the considerations for universities in the national selection for university admission.
“So why November, it’s because the 12th graders will be going to college later.” “So that with those results, it can be beneficial as one of the considerations for universities in the national selection for university admission,” said Mu’ti at the Pusdatin Building of the Ministry of Education and Culture, Ciputat, Tangerang on Tuesday (21/1/2025).
Meanwhile, the new version of the UN for 6th-grade elementary school students and 9th-grade junior high school students will start in 2026. According to Mu’ti, the implementation of the UN will be adjusted to the new concept that has been studied and evaluated.
“Whereas for the later junior high and elementary schools, it will be in 2026.” That’s why November, right?” said the Minister of Education and Culture.
Meanwhile, according to Mu’ti, the UN will no longer be a requirement for graduating from school. For that reason, this exam has a new purpose and meaning.
Regarding the use of UN results as a consideration for universities in the national selection of new student admissions, according to the Secretary General of the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, and Technology (Kemendiktisaintek), Togar Mangihot Simatupang, it is still a discourse.
He said that the integration of UN results into the components of university consideration materials in the national selection would take at least 1 year.
“Yes, that’s still just a plan because for the year 2025, we will already be using testing schemes based on achievements, written exams, and independent assessments,” he said after the working meeting of Commission X of the DPR with the Ministry of Education and Technology, Thursday (January 23, 2025).
“That might happen in 2026.” Well, for what has already been set, 2025, we can’t possibly change that in such a short time, suddenly. And that gives a psychological shock to the participants, the preparations are not that easy, we need at least 1 year before they enter that university,” added Togar.