MPR Leadership Remind Kemendikbud To Prepare Face-to-face Teaching And Learning Technology Techniques To Prevent COVID Clusters

JAKARTA - The government through the Ministry of Education and Culture (Kemendikbud) is targeting all schools to carry out face-to-face learning activities starting July 2021.

Deputy Chairman of the MPR RI Lestari Moerdijat asked that the preparation of teaching and learning activities (KBM) in schools in all regions had to be supported by technical implementation in detail. Especially, the health factors of the school environment, the safety of students and teachers when interacting in the teaching and learning process.

"So that this policy does not create schools as new clusters for the spread of COVID-19," said Lestari in a statement received, Tuesday, March 16.

The NasDem politician reminded that returning to school activities during the COVID-19 pandemic should not make all regulations loose. So that schools instead become a new cluster for the spread of COVID-19.

According to Rerie, the plan to implement face-to-face learning in schools must reflect the emergence of a new cluster in the educational environment of the City of Tasikmalaya. Where studying at school actually causes 20 people to be positive for COVID-19.

The implementation of face-to-face learning in schools, he said, does not only require technical readiness. However, you must also prepare health facilities, such as hand washing facilities, soap, masks and a number of facilities so that students and teachers are always at a safe distance when interacting.

"It is necessary to ensure that the behavior of students and teaching staff and other school staff is able to be disciplined in implementing health protocols. Such as wearing masks, washing hands with soap, maintaining distance and avoiding crowds," said Rerie.

Rerie asked that school stakeholders must also be able to enforce strict health standards in the school environment. So that educators and students avoid exposure to viruses from outside the school environment.

"An important lesson for the Ministry of Education and Culture, which intends to open face-to-face schools in the new academic year, is to set out in detail the health standards for face-to-face schools," he concluded.