Group Debate Outline (GDO)

by Drs. Jusuf Ibrahim, MTESL.

Complete the following outline (typed) and submit it to the instructor before the debate begins.

Your Team: Government / Opposition

1) Chun HoJeung 2) Calvin Christian 3) Irene Julia

1 Motion That the national exams in Indonesia should be abolished

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a) National exams: standard evaluation system of primary and secondary education that are conducted by the government
b) Indonesia: A developing country
2 Definition c) Should be: Is a must (happens in the future)
(keywords & overall) d) Abolished: to end an activity

3 Your Team’s Stand Our team agrees that national exams in Indonesia should be abolished
(in a sentence)

Stakeholders or 1) Students 3) School

4 Groups Involved?
2) Government 4) Parents

By Your Team: By the Other team:

5 Groups to be 1) Students 1) School

Defended?
2) Government 2) Parents

Other Team’s
6 Argument: Reason 1 National exams are needed to enable students to study overseas
(in a sentence)
7 Your Team’ Rebuttal National exams are not needed for students to graduate because students can use other kinds of examinations (eg. SAT, TOEFL,
(in a sentence): IELTS) to evaluate their study and there are also different kind of exams (eg. Tests, Midterms, Final Exam.). National Exams are
also not needed because most of them have problem/trouble regarding their process
Your Team’s National Exam is not the only way to evaluate the student’s progress
Argument: Reason 1
(in a sentence)
8 Support 1 -Fact : Minister of Education said that the graduation of students are based from the school’s consideration. However, if the
(fact, example) school does not declare graduation, then the student will not get a certificate from the country
-Example : Students progress can be evaluated by other different methods such as their accumulated score from their
assignments, tests, Midterms and Final Exam
Support 2 -Fact : National Exams so far lacks the ability to encourage the development of students' abilities
(fact, example) -Example :
1. Some schools provide the key answers
2. From the results of the verification at that time, there were 30 booklets from 11,730 total UN question booklets that
had been uploaded illegally.
Other Team’s
9 Argument: Reason 2 PREDIKSI
(in a sentence) National exams are needed to evaluate the students’ effort on their studies or the standard to measure their academic.
10 Your Team’s Rebuttal ALASAN “PREDIKSI” SALAH
(in a sentence)
- Evaluating students’ effort on studies not only by national exam, but it can evaluate by their soft skill, such as
their talent
("UN memang sudah lama ingin dihapus, dari kami yang rapat berulang kali di Kemendikbud. Tes standar itu
bikin anak bodoh," kata Indra kepada Republika.co.id,
https://nasional.republika.co.id/berita/nasional/umum/poizp4354/pengamat-penghapusan-ujian-nasional-
memang-perlu
- Muhadjir menilai, hasil UN hingga saat ini belum dapat menjadi instrumen peningkatan mutu pendidikan di
Indonesia. "Bentuk UN selama ini kurang mendorong berkembangnya kemampuan siswa secara utuh," kata
dia.https://nasional.kompas.com/read/2016/12/01/23274951/delapan.alasan.un.perlu.dihapuskan.sementara?pa
ge=all
- Kedepalan, UN dinilai cenderung membawa proses belajar ke orientasi yang salah. Sifat UN dianggap hanya
menguji ranah kognitif dan beberapa mata pelajaran tertentu saja.
Format soal UN yang bersifat pilihan ganda juga menjauhkan siswa dari pembelajaran yang mendorong siswa
berpikir kritis dan analis.
https://nasional.republika.co.id/berita/nasional/umum/poizp4354/pengamat-penghapusan-ujian-nasional-
memang-perlu
 Your Team’s
Argument: Reason 2 National exam are not needed because it push students to be more focus on academic score.
11 (in a sentence)
Support 1 Many of student (especially who are not good in academic) will do anything in order to get good score.
(fact, example) example :
- in SMPN 6, Sulawesi Barat, many students cheat during national exam. They putted their books below their (laci) table
https://daerah.sindonews.com/read/997495/174/un-smp-siswa-menyontek-hingga-tukar-lembar-jawaban-1430800983
- in Jombang, East Java, there were (kebocoran kunci jawaban) of national exam.
“Setiap kali dilaksanakan, UN tidak pernah sepi dari masalah. Pada tahun 2012 lalu, publik dikejutkan dengan adanya
pemberitaan tentang kebocoran kunci jawaban UN di Jombang, Jawa Timur. Menyikapi hal itu, mendikbud kala itu
hanya menyatakan akan segera menurunkan tim verifikasi ke lapangan. Sementara hasil dari verifikasi itu tidak
pernah disampaikan ke publik”
https://www.republika.co.id/berita/jurnalisme-warga/wacana/13/04/17/mlee4i-mengapa-ujian-nasional-harus-dihapus

Support 2 Some of students do suicide, because the scared if they are not pass the national exam.
(fact, example) For instance :
- student of grade 9 in Pondokpetir, Bojongsari, end her life by suicide (hang herself). She scared if she will not
pass the national exam.
(https://megapolitan.kompas.com/read/2013/05/19/10053313/takut.tak.lulus.un.seorang.siswi.gantung.diri)
- Student of grade 9 in Klaten, Center Java, end her life by suicide (hang herself), because she scared if her score
was bad and her parents got mad at her.
(https://news.detik.com/berita-jawa-tengah/d-3518789/gara-gara-nilai-ujian-jelek-gadis-smp-di-klaten-
gantung-diri)
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