On Friday, March 11, 2016, the Faculty of Law of Universitas Gadjah Mada held a workshop on guidelines for preparing examination questions at FH UGM. The event, which began at 09.00 WIB, took place in Room 3.1.1 of the Faculty of Law UGM and was opened by the Head of the Undergraduate Program of FH UGM, Dr. Heribertus Jaka Triyana, S.H., LL.M., M.A.
In his opening remarks, Jaka Triyana explained that, as part of its commitment to delivering high-quality legal education, FH UGM continuously conducts regular evaluations. In 2015, the Faculty of Law revised the 2011 Curriculum into the 2015 Curriculum, which has officially been implemented in undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral programs since the Odd Semester of the 2015/2016 Academic Year. The substantive changes introduced in the 2015 Curriculum included the addition of new courses, the reintroduction of previously discontinued courses, and adjustments to course credit weights. These developments required a unified understanding and appreciation of FH UGM’s higher education vision and mission in the implementation of lectures, as well as quality control over course materials, teaching resources, and examination questions.
The workshop featured several speakers, including Linda Yanti Sulistiawati, S.H., M.Sc., Ph.D., Vice Dean for Academic and Student Affairs of FH UGM; Dian Agung Wicaksono, S.H., LL.M., Head of the Quality Assurance Unit of FH UGM; and dr. Efrayim Suryadi, S.U., PA., MHPE., from the Center for Innovation and Academic Policy of UGM.
The workshop on The workshop, attended by approximately 90 lecturers from FH UGM, was conducted interactively. The lecturers actively provided criticism and suggestions aimed at maintaining the quality of graduates. Among those giving input was Prof. Dr. Sigit Riyanto, S.H., LL.M., who emphasized the importance of paying attention to language use and question leveling so that students could better understand the intentions of exam question designers. leveling dalam soal agar mahasiswa mengerti keinginan dari pembuat soal.
Furthermore, Prof. Dr. Agustinus Supriyanto, S.H., M.Si., expressed that the preparation of examination questions could apply the 4N principles derived from Javanese culture: neroake, nambahi, niteni, and nularake. Through these values, students are expected to imitate, provide opinions, formulate solutions, and develop learning behaviors based on the materials delivered by lecturers in each course. This workshop activity represented only a small part of the Faculty’s long-term plan to continuously improve the quality of legal higher education at UGM.
