BALINEWSID.COM, DENPASAR – The Bali Provincial Ombudsman Office has announced stricter supervision of the 2026 Student Admission System (SPMB), with monitoring set to cover every stage from pre-selection to post-admission processes.

The tighter oversight aims to prevent irregularities and ensure fairness for all students participating in the admissions process.

Dewa Ayu Tisna Yuni, Assistant Investigator at the Bali Ombudsman, said the institution has prepared a series of preventive measures to anticipate potential misconduct during the implementation of SPMB 2026.

One of the key measures is conducting supervision from the preparation stage through to the completion of the admissions process.

During the pre-selection stage, the Ombudsman will focus on monitoring the school mapping results and student capacity assessments carried out by the Education Office.

“We will also supervise the preparation of the technical guidelines and ensure that the regulations are implemented properly,” Dewa Ayu said on Friday (May 29, 2026).

The Ombudsman will also oversee the public socialization process to ensure that information regarding SPMB is delivered clearly to prospective students and parents.

According to Dewa Ayu, the admission system consists of multiple pathways and is conducted online, making accurate information dissemination crucial.

Based on last year’s evaluation, the Ombudsman still found frequent cases of misinformation that caused students to miss opportunities through the appropriate admission pathways.

“For example, some students were actually eligible for the affirmation pathway for underprivileged families, but because they did not receive proper information, they only applied through the domicile pathway and other routes, resulting in failure to pass the selection,” she explained.

During the implementation stage, the Ombudsman will closely monitor the announcement of admission results across all pathways. Dewa Ayu said this stage is critical to ensure there are no irregularities or manipulation of participant data.

Meanwhile, post-selection supervision will focus on the re-registration stage to ensure no admitted students are left behind and to prevent quota abuse.

“We do not want names appearing during re-registration that are different from the official admission announcement,” she stressed.

In addition to supervision, the Bali Ombudsman will establish a public complaint post scheduled to be launched in mid-June 2026 before the admission process begins.

The complaint center will allow students and parents to report alleged violations and misconduct during the implementation of SPMB.

Dewa Ayu stated that the technical guidelines prepared by the Education Office have significantly reduced opportunities for fraud, including the common practice of manipulating Family Cards (KK) to gain access to schools through the domicile pathway.

Under the new regulation, changes to Family Card addresses must have been valid for at least one year.

“The current technical guidelines are actually already very good,” she said.

Despite the improved regulations, the Ombudsman will continue intensive monitoring, particularly on the domicile or zoning pathway, which is considered the most vulnerable to manipulation because it has the largest admission quota.

For the 2026 admissions period, the government has prepared four admission pathways: domicile, affirmation, achievement, and transfer pathways.

Based on the official schedule, registration for the affirmation, achievement, and transfer pathways will take place from June 22–24, 2026, with verification continuing until June 28 and results announced on June 29.

The second phase for the domicile pathway will run from June 30 to July 2, followed by verification until July 8 and announcement of results on July 9. Re-registration is scheduled for July 10–12, 2026.

For senior high schools and vocational schools in Bali, data from the Bali Provincial Education, Youth, and Sports Office projects that 64,021 junior high school students will graduate in the 2026/2027 academic year.

Meanwhile, the total capacity for SMA and SMK schools across Bali has reached 94,599 seats.

The breakdown includes 42,236 seats for senior high schools and 52,363 seats for vocational schools.