SLEMAN - As many as 5,500 participants of the Independent Selection for the acceptance of the Print-Based Writing Test (UTBC) will compete for around 1,200 seats of  21 study programs at UPN "Veteran" Yogyakarta (UPNVY). They will take the exams which will take place on 29 and 30 August 2020.

"Today we started the first session at 8 am, then at 9 am. The afternoon sessions will be at 13.00 and 14.00," The Head of Cooperation and Public Relations, Markus Kusnardijanto, explained when being met on Saturday (29/8).

UPNVY UTBC this year, said Markus, is held in three cities, namely Yogyakarta, Purwokerto and Semarang.

"We divide it into three cities, so that participants are not concentrated in Yogyakarta. UTBC this time uses a strict COVID-19 prevention protocol," he said.

Markus explained that the committee will use classrooms by paying attention to the safe distances according to the physical distancing rules. The classrooms with a capacity of 40 - 50 people will only have 16 participants and 2 supervisors.

The rooms and facilities will be sprayed with disinfectants before and after being used.

Since seven in the morning, the participants has come to UPNVY 1 and 2 campuses, which are in Condongcatur and Babarsari. Before entering the campus area, they are required to carry out a Covid-19 prevention protocol in the form of checking the body temperature with a thermo gun in the gate area, then proceeding to the location of the exam room by maintaining a safe distance.

The participants are required to wash their hands before entering the room, wear a mask, face shield, and hand scone (gloves).

Having the COVID-19 pandemic, the UTBC test 2020 is only a Scholastic Potential Test (TPS). TPS measures cognitive abilities, namely general reasoning and understanding abilities that are important for the success in formal schools, especially higher education.

Apart from UTBC, the Independent Selection UPNVY also held a selection based on the UTBK - SBMPTN value this year's. The results of UTBK and UTBC score selection will be announced on September 8, 2020 on the http://pmb.upnyk.ac.id page. (wwj / public relations