PTN VS PTS

Which is better, public college or private college? Often many high school graduates face a dilemma to choose the best college for them. Not infrequently who believe that PTN would be better than the PTS. This can not be denied because in fact many private universities are only a reserve where they continue the world of education. But is that always the case?

The public view that PTN is better than PTS is not entirely true. Many things become aspects of the quality assessment of universities in Indonesia. Aspects are like alumni, vision-mission of the university, accreditation status, curriculum, lecturer or human resources quality, management and organization, quality of student activities, as well as quality research and scientific publications.

What is the purpose of students to continue their education in college?

The first objective of a student after graduating from university is to have easy access to appropriate work. Easy to get a job is not always seen from the level of popularity of the university of origin graduate. Such popularity must be proved by the ability of its graduates. Many university graduates do not get jobs due to several things. One reason is the issue of quality and competence of new graduates. The low soft skills possessed by the new graduates become the consideration of whether or not graduates are accepted. The new graduates, should have the ability in leadership, communication skills, honesty and integrity (responsibility). The quality of human resources is common in Indonesia. So we can conclude that as good as any college we choose will not always reflect the level of academic and non-academic capacity of both the graduates. 

Why do people tend to choose PTN?

The reason why they chose PTN because they put the hope that the opportunity to get a job in the future is greater than the PTS. Though many companies prefer private university graduates who excel in terms of capability and competence compared to state university graduates. In addition, they consider that state university graduates are more prestigious and will be viewed better than private.

Many of them are eager to enter the PTN so they are looking for majors with low competition levels and selecting them in the hope of greater acceptability. They just want to enter and registered as a student of PTN, but not aware if the interests and abilities are not in accordance with the chosen majors. However, the act of selecting majors in order to be able to study at the PTN will hurt yourself and the chosen majors. There are two possibilities that will happen that is the students will survive college to finish or even they then ask to move to other majors. In addition they may not live up to their chosen majors so as to influence their achievements or may even affect the field of work to which they will be selected.

Another reason is the cost of PTN is relatively cheaper. Tuition fees in private universities that are difficult to reach make people in droves to prefer PTN rather than PTS. This is certainly a big consideration because many young Indonesians who are not able to mengenyam world lectures. This inhibiting factor is due to the imbalance between limited family income and the higher cost of higher education. The high cost is actually allocated to continuously improve the quality of universities in Indonesia amidst increasingly tight competition. But not only in the PTN, PTS also provides scholarships for new students and other scholarships for the achievers to facilitate every child get education. The low cost of education at PTN will certainly affect the provision of campus facilities for students. In fact, not infrequently PTN students who moved to PTS with the reasons PTS presents facilities to support the learning process better.

Is the accreditation of all state universities better than private universities?

Accreditation from each college becomes the main attraction for new students. Accreditation becomes one of the college's reference to further improve the quality of the college and the quality of its graduates. Accreditation also ensures that universities have met the applicable quality standards. Not all accredited state universities are superior to private universities, it can be seen from what study program is chosen in the college. Not necessarily a certain department in PTN A better than PTS B. The assessment can be seen from the accreditation of the college. Some of the private universities have applied for accreditation, but others have not. Whereas the status of accreditation is very important to guarantee the right of graduates to get a job. Newly graduated students need to prioritize PTS status, if they want to study at PTS. Not all universities are accredited, while most state universities have obtained the status.

Each college, both public and private, has its own advantages and disadvantages. Many graduates of state universities in Indonesia outperform private universities in certain fields. Even some favorite PTNs are ranked higher. However, many private universities in Indonesia are quite calculated in Asia or the world. Graduates of the PTS are also many who booked in advance by reputable companies before they graduate. The quality of graduates certainly not only belongs to PTN. Not a few graduates of PTN who hold the title of intellectual unemployment. Graduates of PTN or PTS are not a problem as long as individual qualities can be taken into account in the world labor market. So if our main goal in the world of lectures is to get the right job, be it a public or private university does not fully help us in our career, but we must first prepare our hard skills and soft skills.