85 Schools In Jakarta Are Reopen, Only 30 Percent Of Parents Allow Their Children To Attend Face-to-Face Learning

JAKARTA - As many as 85 schools in Jakarta have started piloting schools for face-to-face learning today. Deputy Governor of DKI Ahmad Riza Patria said that the implementation was generally going well.

This was conveyed by Deputy Governor Riza after reviewing face-to-face learning at Vocational High School (SMK) Negeri 2 Jakarta, Gambir, Central Jakarta.

"Thank God everything went well, supporting facilities starting from washing hands, then changing rooms, toilets, soap and disinfectants were always carried out before and after face to face. Then the teachers attended the vaccinations", said Riza, Wednesday, April 7.

Riza said that students who attended school were quite enthusiastic about taking face-to-face learning. However, it turns out that currently there are still a few parents who allow their children to study offline.

"We do this activity on purpose and of course we have to get support from parents. To this day, there is about 20-30 percent of parents who allow their children to meet face to face", he said.

Previously, the Head of the DKI Jakarta Education Agency, Nahdiana, said that the school that was opened had passed the training for two weeks. The levels of schools that are opened start from elementary school/junior high school/Islamic schools, high schoos/vocational schools/learning centers/Course and Training Institute.

There is also a health protocol that is applied in the school opening trial, which is that the number of face-to-face days is limited to one day a week for one grade level.

The number of students is limited with a maximum of 50 percent of the capacity per class and a distance of 1.5 meters between students.

The study duration is limited to 3 to 4 hours per day. Learning materials are limited, that is, only essential materials are delivered in face-to-face learning.

Educational units that have attended blended learning training. Teachers and education personnel who are present at the school have been vaccinated.

Then, if there are symptoms of COVID-19 exposure in students and educators, the school will immediately coordinate with the nearest health center for further examination.

"If it is known that there is a positive case of being exposed to COVID-19, the education unit will be closed for 3x24 hours for disinfection and further tracing by the Health Service. Then, the education unit will be reopened, after the authorities declare the school is safe from exposure to COVID-19", he concluded.