DKI Provincial Government Urges Students Not To Go Home During Christmas And New Year

JAKARTA - The DKI Provincial Government through the DKI Education Office has appealed to teachers, education staff, students, and parents of students not to return to their hometowns or go home during the Christmas and New Year holiday periods.

This is stated in the Circular of the Head of the DKI Education Office Number 84/SE/2021 regarding Activities at the End of the Odd Semesters for the 2021/2022 Academic Year Before Christmas in 2021 and the New Year in 2022.

"School children are not allowed to return to their hometowns, including teachers are not allowed to", said Public Relations of DKI Education Agency, Taga Radja Gah, when contacted, Friday, December 10.

In addition to going home, all school residents are also asked not to travel outside the area for purposes that are not primary, not important, or not urgent during the Christmas and New Year periods.

However, Taga said that Disdik DKI did not give sanctions to students and teachers who did not heed this advice. "When it comes to sanctions, it's difficult. Because there are hundreds of thousands of students", he said.

Judging from Circular Number 84/SE/2021, the DKI Education Office also prohibits teachers and other education personnel from taking leave from December 24, 2021, to January 2, 2022.

Meanwhile, the distribution of report cards, which was originally scheduled for December 17 in the educational calendar for the 2021/2022 school year, has been pushed back to January 3, 2022, along with the first day of school for the even semester.

With the issuance of this Circular, the Head of the DKI Education Office Number 83/SE/2021 concerning Activities at the End of Odd Semesters for the 2021/2022 Academic Year Before Christmas in 2021 and the New Year of 2022 is revoked and declared invalid.