Even Though PPKM Level 3, Yogyakarta Still Runs PTM Limited To 50 Percent Capacity

Illustration - Face-to-face learning activities at MTs Negeri 1 Yogyakarta (ANTARA)

YOGYAKARTA - Yogyakarta City Youth and Sports Education Office is still running limited face-to-face learning with a capacity of 50 percent even though PPKM in DIY has been lowered to level 3.

"We will re-evaluate the condition of the case this week. How is it progressing and is it possible to run PTM with more capacity next week," said Head of the Yogyakarta City Youth and Sports Education Office, Budhi Asrori in Yogyakarta, Antara, Tuesday, March 22.

According to him, many parents and students wish to return to face-to-face learning directly at school so that learning materials can be understood better.

"Many students and parents want face-to-face learning to resume. Be patient, we will evaluate it this week," he said.

In addition to the case conditions, the consideration to open a PTM with a larger capacity is the achievement of vaccination for students and teachers which is already quite high in the city of Yogyakarta.

Complete dose vaccination coverage for students reaches 98 percent and for teachers it reaches 97 percent.

"When a positive case appears at school, it can also be handled and controlled properly. Most of the cases that appear are asymptomatic or have mild symptoms," he said.

Based on data on COVID-19 cases, Budhi said, it had shown a downward trend and this condition opened up great opportunities for face-to-face learning to resume.

"Especially for grade 6 elementary and 9 junior high school students who will soon undergo the regional education standardization assessment (ASPD) in mid-May. Of course they need better preparation," he said.

Currently, he said, an in-depth test of ASPD material for grade 6 elementary and 9 junior high school students is being conducted semi-online while still observing health protocols.

"We held two material deepening tests for junior high school and three times for elementary school as preparation for ASPD," he said.