Nama : Sri Suryatul Laelah

Kelas : 12 Ak
Tugas: Buku halaman 86-87

Task 3: Do the comprehension questions.

Answer the following questions by referring to the text from the newspaper on page 84-85.

1. What is the main problem faced by the parents?

Answer : The main problem faced by the parents is the online school registration system.

2. Why did the parents feel disappointed with the online system?
Answer : Because according to them the online registration system is disorganized and makes
it difficult for them to charge their children to enroll in public schools.

3. Who was rejected from school due to his/her height?

Answer : Riki Setyanto’s daughter got rejected due to the minimum height policy applied by
the state-run school.

4. What happened to Nuraisyah Paransa’s son?

Answer : Her son was initially accepted at East Jakarta public school through public admission
phase. However, he did not re-register with that school as he wanted to shoot for a better state-
run school through the local admission phase.

5. Mention some technical problems in the registration using the online system.
Answer : For example to Riki Setyanto’s daughter that she can’t register to any school because
her name is still listed for school who rejected her because of height matters. Second,
Nuraisyah Paransa’s son rejected in the second options school because he didn’t re-register at
the first school.

6. What makes the online system problematic this year?

 Answer : In my opinion because this year student admission system has three phases; public
admission, local admission and third admission. So it’s becoming more complicated.

7. Why do people prefer public schools to private schools?

Answer : According to one parent, a lot of people have chosen public schools over private
schools for financial reasons. Maybe because in public schools the costs are borne by the
government while private schools are not free.

8. If you were one of the parents, what would you do to deal with the problems in the online
system?
Answer : If I were one of the parents, I would make a complain as well to be sure nobody is
getting disadvantage from this problem. And asked to evaluate the online system so that it is
more effective that it does not make it difficult for students who want to continue their
schooling to the next level.

9. What do you think about the acting governor’s response to the parents’ protests?
Answer :
If I were the acting governor, I would tell them to keep calm and place their complain so it
can be fixed as soon as possible.

10. If you were the acting governor, how would you respond to the parents’ concerns?
Answer :
If I were the acting governor, what is certain is that you have to improve the online listing
system so that there are no technical errors, and convince parents that the problem can be
resolved properly so that no one feels disadvantaged.