Analysis of Indonesian New Education Policy of Entrance Selection for Candidate of Undergraduate Students Leonardus Reinaldy Christianto (a), Rebecca Ester M Sihotang (b), Aditya Wisnugraha Sugiyarto (c)
(a,b,c) Faculty of Mathematics and Science, Bandung Institute of Technology
Jalan Ganesha 10, Bandung 40132, Indonesia
Abstract
The choice of college entrance selection system is an important aspect of predicting student learning success. The Indonesian Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology has decided to change the joint selection system for entering higher education in 2023 by eliminating the academic ability test (TKA) and only focusing on the potential scholastic test (TPS) which focuses more on the reasoning abilities of prospective students. By adopting the cross-industry standard process for data mining (CRISP-DM) method but giving some modifications to it, using data from the top 1000 schools participating in the Computer-Based Written Examination (UTBK) in 2021 and 2022 obtained from the Institution of University Entrance Exam page (LTMPT). This study aims to find an in-depth analysis of the reasons whether the policy of eliminating TKA was the wise decisions. The results of this study indicate that there is a correlation between TPS and TKA so the role of TPS can replace TKA because TPS scores can predict scores on TKA. In addition, through this research, it was also found that TPS scores can be used for further analysis and provide advice to prospective students to choose a major that focuses on science or social.
