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Judicial hearings Act System of National Education (Education) of the International Standard School stubs (RSBI) and the International Standard School (SBI) was resumed for the eighth time, Tuesday (15/5). Session time is still hearing evidence by listening to testimony from the applicant and the Government witnesses. A Principal in Tangerang RSBI testify as a government witness "against" the Applicant witness who is a former School Committee Chairman RSBI in South Jakarta.

The government witness, who is also head of Prastowo SMAN 1 Tengerang deliver his statement first. He said that SMAN 1 Tangerang, Banten has become RSBI since 2006.Broadly stated Prastowo RSBI status that carried the school he led it makes no difference kastanisasi and services to students who study there.

With trace Prastowo said that before the set becomes RSBI, at SMAN 1 Tangerang there are two special classes for students who need more education. "RSBI it can actually make quality improvement. In (school, red) we have two classes of better quality than other classes. Once there RSBI, two classes were abolished and merged with other classes of service with the same standard as the previous two classes of service. So if the applicant said there is a difference with the enforcement of RSBI, at (school) we are no differences that since 2007," said Prastowo convince the judge who presided over the plenary by the Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court (MK), Moh. Mahfud MD.

RSBI and education-related expenses claimed SBI expensive and suffocating, Prastowo also denied. She explained that educational costs were originally enacted early donations to two special classes of 3.5 million dollars last up to 7 million dollars to be no longer applied since SMAN 1 Tangerang be RSBI. That it because of recalculate the school and hit the average cost for all classes RSBI totaling 21 classes at SMAN 1 Tangerang. By hitting the average cost, each new student that comes into SMAN 1 Tangerang since 2007 only charge Donations for Educational Development (SPP) of 350 thousand dollars for each month and the council money by 120 rupiah per year.

"New students at SMAN 1 Tangerang just pay 470 thousand dollars only and the price is very affordable because we think it’s all in Tangerang had a motor that mortgage 500 thousand dollars. So the council’s SPP and the money is much cheaper than the mortgage motor. In addition, our financing helped by alumni and budget. Yet there are also students who are exempt from all fees being unable, to date there are about 60 students who were released the cost," said Prastowo.

In addition to not cause kastanisasi RSBI and costly, said the status RSBI Prastowo also able to improve the quality of their students. Previously absent from SMAN 1 Tangerang received in Higher Education (PT) in foreign countries, the current number of students enrolled at tercatata PT overseas, such as Nanyang University in Singapore.The teachers also received an increase in overseas training. "RSBI encouragement for us to continue to learn and advance," lid Prastowo.

 

Opposite

Witnesses opposing opinion delivered by the Applicant, Musni Umar who is former chairman of the Committee of SMAN 70 Jakarta period 2009-2011.

Starting his statement, said that the forerunner Musni RSBI status for SMAN 70 Jakarta began in 2003-2004 when the school was open service Vocational A / AS level which refers to the University of Cambridge International Examination.

Since the status RSBI, Musni revealed fewer children than their parents cannot afford to go there because the information has been circulated in advance that SMAN 70 expensive. Information by word of mouth is at least evident from the contribution of Students New (SPDB) and Regular Monthly Contribution (SRB) is collected by SMAN 70 Jakarta that reached tens of millions of dollars. "As an illustration, RSBI SMAN 70 Jakarta is divided into three parts, namely the Regular Class, Class CIBI (Class Aksel), and Class International (KI). SPBD for Regular Class of 11 million 200 thousand dollars and Regular Monthly Donations (RSB) of 425 thousand dollars. SPDB CIB same class but SRB its one million dollars. As for the International Class is divided into the first year payment is 31 million dollars, 24 million dollars the second year and third year 18 million dollars, "said Musni.

The amount of the payment amount, up Musni, proving that RSBI status has become a means of commercialization of education. In fact, SMAN 70 and the government schools are labeled RSBI, have received large funding from the government and local government. (Yusti Nurul Agustin / mh/Yazid.tr)

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