40 Schools In Bekasi Submerged By Floods, Learning Activities Diverted To Village Hall

SDN 01, 03, 04 Bojongsari, Kedungwaringin District, Bekasi Regency, West Java was flooded, Thursday (2/3/2023). (ANTARA)

Bekasi - The Regency Government (Pemkab) of Bekasi, West Java reported that 40 school buildings in the area were still flooded, impacting the sustainability of teaching and teaching activities. "Temporary data of 35 public elementary schools and five public junior high schools were affected by flooding. Students studied at home and whose conditions were still possible, KBM was carried out online," said Bekasi Regent Dani Ramdan in Cikarang, Thursday. He said the policy of learning at home was implemented to wait for flood conditions. If within the next week the water had not subsided, the local government would facilitate offline learning outside the school building. The regent has instructed the Bekasi District Education Office to prepare an alternative learning scheme by facilitating the opening of emergency schools in public-owned buildings. "Emergency schools are options, it could be at the village hall, mosque, and other possible buildings," he said. The Bekasi Regency government ensures that flood disaster management continues to be carried out optimally involving all relevant regional apparatus, assisted by volunteers and related community elements. "Including trying how our children can still learn optimally in the midst of this disaster condition," he said. Head of the Basic School Development Division at the Bekasi Yudi District Education Office said the location of dozens of basic public schools that were flooded was evenly distributed in almost every sub-district even though the inundancy was claimed to have started to recede. "There are currently even those whose school conditions are already dry and can return to learning activities," he said. At the same time, there are still hundreds of students who are forced to continue learning and teaching activities in their respective homes, according to the appeal of the Head of the Bekasi Regency Education Office regarding online learning. "Kemarin has been conveyed by the Acting Head of the Education Office so that all teachers continue teaching activities to students and for schools that are still affected by floods, learning is done from home," he said.

He hopes that this flood disaster will not interfere with the curriculum schedule so that students can still absorb learning material before the exam takes place. "According to the curriculum schedule, it is not yet a test period. So we hope to continue learning from home online even though it is affected by flooding," said Yudi.