Singaraja- The domicile-based Knowledge Test (UP) for In-service Teacher Professional Education (PPG-Daljab) III students at Ganesha University of Education (Undiksha) ends, Sunday (24/10/2021). The exam went well. This was conveyed by the supervisor, Ahmad Syawal. “The implementation of UP starting yesterday went well. It is almost visible in the application that none of the participants experienced technical problems,” he explained.
Outside of technicalities, he continued, the supervisor had found several participants lacking discipline, such as being late to enter the virtual room. However, this was resolved and the exams continued as scheduled. Explained further, in the exam with this new mode, anticipating cheating needs to be done. It is hoped that later there will be a system with higher security in order to produce quality graduates. “We have said that the government hopes that PPG will produce professional teachers and become the final bastion for the formation of teacher quality. That’s the real hope here,” he said. According to Syawal, the smooth running of this exam could not be separated from the participation of the supervisors and the committee. Therefore, he expressed his appreciation for his maximum performance. It is hoped that the implementation of the next exam can be better.
Meanwhile, PPG Undiksha Coordinator, Drs. I Gede Nurjaya, M.Pd., explained that there were 539 participants in this exam consisting of 17 fields of study. Namely, Early Childhood Teacher Education, Elementary School Teacher Education, History Education, Fine Arts Education, Dance Education, Sociology Education, Automotive Engineering Education, Fisheries, Broadcasting and Film Arts, Karawitan Arts, Music Arts, Dressmaking, Electronic Engineering, Spatial Geomatics Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Computer and Informatics Technology, and Textile Technology. This is the first time the participant has taken the exam. In contrast to the previous cracker exam, which had already taken the exam, but had not passed and then took the retest. “This time’s exam is different from the cracker’s exam. These are all new participants and this is the first time they have taken the exam,” he explained.
Further explained, these participants did not all take part in the PPG program at Undiksha, but also at other tertiary institutions that were trusted as executors by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology. In order to support the smooth running of the exam, the committee previously provided debriefing to all participants and supervisors which included the technical implementation of the exam and the applicable provisions. (hms)
