KESIAPAN SEKOLAH MENENGAH KEJURUAN DALAM PELAKSANAAN UJI KOMPETENSI DALAM RANGKA UJIAN NASIONAL

The implementation of competency examination in vocational school natio­nal exmination needs studies, one of them is those regarding to the readiness and imple­mentation in the field. It is based on the reality that the schools’ conditions are vary, from locations, internal conditions, and stakeholders’ supports. This research’s objective is to describe vocational schools’ readiness on location, accessors, infrastructures, time of implementation, and mechanism. The result of research shows that 61.43% of competency examination were implemented in school. The proportion of accessor were a combination of instructor from stakeholder and teacher from school. Further­more, infrastructures of vocational school located in province city were fully equipped, while the ones located in regency were less equipped. Among 98.33% of competency examination were conducted before national examination within 30 to 33 days of duration, and mechanism of competency examination used project work approach.Pelaksanaan uji kompetensi dalam rangka ujian nasional Sekolah Me­ne­ngah Kejuruan (SMK) memerlukan berbagai kajian, salah satunya berkaitan dengan kesiapan dan keterlaksanaan di lapangan. Hal ini mengingat kondisi SMK bervariasi, baik dari sisi lokasi geografis, kondisi internal, maupun dukungan stakeholder. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mendeskripsikan kesiapan SMK dari sisi tempat pelak­sanaan, tenaga asesori, infrastuktur SMK pelaksana, waktu pelaksanaan, dan me­kanis­menya. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa 61,43% uji kompetensi dilaksana­kan di sekolah, proporsi asesor adalah gabungan instruktur dari stakeholder dan guru dari sekolah, infrastruktur SMK yang berlokasi di kota provinsi kondisi lengkap, sedang yang berlokasi di kabupaten kurang; 98,33% uji kompetensi dilaksanakan sebelum ujian nasional dengan rentang waktu 30-33 hari, dan mekanisme uji kompe­tensi menggunakan pendekatan kerja proyek