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Change in school enrollment confuses many
However, this year the system was changed, with parents required to verify their children’s data at the school of their choice. The data is then input by the school registration committee before a verification form is printed.
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Give your best!: Students, accompanied by their parents, queue as they prepare to attend a state school enrollment selection (PPDB) at the SMA Negeri 1 state senior high school in Depok, West Java, on Tuesday. The PPDB West Java, 90 percent of which is conducted through a zoning system, runs from June 17 to 22.
(Antara/Yulius Satria Wijaya )
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ka Sari Wulandari had to take two days off work to enroll her son in school. On Tuesday, she visited SMAN 2 state high school in Depok, West Java, for the second time.
She first arrived on Monday at 4 a.m., three hours before the school gates opened, to make sure she was near the front of the line. She came back on Tuesday to discuss her problems.
“I have finished the entire registration process,” she told The Jakarta Post, adding that her son’s high exam scores should have meant he was able to enroll in the school on the basis of academic merit, despite not living within close proximity to the school.
However, Eka registered her son through the zoning system, which only considers the proximity of a student’s house to nearby schools. She was unaware there was another option, the academic merit system.
School enrollment committee spokesman Hariyanto said that Eka should wait until the announcement on June 29.
Hariyanto said that parents had complained about the registration process, particularly the zoning system.
Tuesday marked the second day of the registration period in West Java, which runs from Monday through to Saturday.
