Jakarta The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) put forth four recommendations to the Education, Culture, Research, and Technology Ministry to streamline regulations and the mechanism of new student admissions through university-hosted exams.
The acting spokesperson of the prevention section at the Corruption Eradication Commission, Ipi Maryati Kuding, echoed the ministry’s commitment to improving the system or mechanism of new student admissions through these tests.
“It is expected that efforts to improve will increase transparency and accountability as well as provide opportunities for prospective students to compete fairly and in a corruption-free manner. (This is) especially for faculties that majority of (the members of the) public aim for, such as medicine, engineering, economics, and others,” Kuding noted.
The commission conducted a coordination meeting with the ministry’s officials to discuss improvements in the process of new student admissions through a university-hosted exam on Friday, August 26.
Among the four recommendations issued was firstly for the ministry to immediately conduct a limited audit on universities to gauge weaknesses in the process of university-hosted exam for new student admissions.
The audit can be conducted in collaboration with the Financial and Development Supervisory Agency.
According to the second recommendation, the ministry could prepare guidelines to ensure transparency and accountability in the admission process, with stipulations on information disclosure on the number of seats or available quotas, indicators, and criteria.
Academic-based selection through tests are to be conducted independently, through a consortium, or using other test results, as well as quota transparency for affirmation groups.
Source: Antara News