JAKARTA - The DKI Jakarta Provincial Government will close schools that carry out face-to-face learning (PTM) for 15 days if there is a significant spread of COVID-19 or above five percent.

"Each educational unit will be temporarily closed for five days when the spread of COVID-19 is found, and if it is found to be above five percent, it will be closed for 15 days," said Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta, Ahmad Riza Patria, quoted by Antara, Wednesday, January 5.

Deputy Governor Riza said that his party would not make changes to the implementation of face-to-face learning (PTM) with 100 percent capacity, even though PPKM in the capital city rose to level two.

"PTM is still continuing to this day, there has been no change even though we are at level two," said Riza.

Previously, the DKI Jakarta Education Office had started to hold limited face-to-face learning (PTM) with 100 percent capacity starting Monday, January 3.

The implementation is based on the Joint Decree (SKB) of the four Ministers dated December 21, 2021 Number 05/KB/2021, Number 1347 of 2021, Number HK.01.08/MENKES/6678/2021, Number 443-5847 of 2021 concerning Guidelines for Implementation of Future Learning. COVID-19 pandemic.

The following are a number of regulations for implementing PTMs limited to 100 percent capacity:

1. The education unit or school must (have) the achievement of two doses of vaccination for educators and education personnel above 80 percent;

2. The vaccination achievement for the elderly in Jakarta must be above 50 percent;

3. The achievement of student vaccination continues in accordance with the provisions;

4. The number of students is 100 percent of the classroom capacity, a maximum of 6 hours per day.

Meanwhile, the government has again extended the policy for the Implementation of Community Activity Restrictions (PPKM) in Java-Bali from January 4 to 17, 2022.

In this period, DKI Jakarta rose to PPKM level 2, or an increase compared to the previous period on December 14, 2021 to January 3, 2022, where Jakarta entered PPKM level 1.

This is stated in the Instruction of the Minister of Home Affairs Number 01 of 2022 concerning the Enforcement of Restrictions on Community Activities at levels 4, 3, 2 of COVID-19 in the Java and Bali Regions.

"DKI Jakarta for regencies/cities with level 2 criteria, namely the Administrative City of North Jakarta, West Jakarta, Central Jakarta, East Jakarta, South Jakarta, and the Thousand Islands," reads the quote from Inmendagri 1/2022 regarding PPKM Java-Bali, quoted in Tuesday, January 4th.


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