Flood Melanda Kapuas Hulu West Kalimantan, Disdikbud Asks To Learn Teaching At Schools Temporary Holiday

Illustration of residents affected by the flood. (Antara)

KALBAR - The Education and Culture Office (Disdikbud) of Kapuas Hulu, West Kalimantan (Kalbar) requested that teaching and learning activities in schools affected by flooding be temporarily closed.

Head of the Kapuas Hulu Disdikbud Petrus Kusnadi said the appeal was aimed at regional education units when facing uncertain weather.

"Especially the safety of students, for schools that are hit by floods to be able to temporarily stop learning at schools," said Petrus in Putussibau, Kapuas Hulu, West Kalimantan, quoted from Antara, Tuesday, October 11.

Petrus said that currently there are about 10 sub-districts that have been hit by floods and there are several schools affected by flooding.

For this reason, flood-affected areas can temporarily stop the learning process in schools by using other methods in providing learning materials so that students continue to study at their respective homes.

"We are still waiting for data on the number of schools affected by the flood," he said.

He added that the most important thing in current flood conditions is to increase preparedness and prioritize safety and always maintain health and keep the spirit.

In addition, Petrus also asked the school to secure important documents in each school affected by flooding.

"We cannot fight natural conditions, but tasks and responsibilities can be carried out in many ways by not reducing the goals of education trust," he said.

He invites all parties to jointly understand the current natural conditions, because for us we cannot fight natural conditions, where the intensity of rainfall is quite high, causing floods to occur.

"To parents, despite increasing supervision of their children in flood situations, even though learning at schools is stopped as much as possible, children must continue to study at home according to conditions," said Petrus.

Meanwhile, based on data from the Kapuas Hulu Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD), flooding in Kapuas Hulu is currently occurring in 10 sub-districts with water levels varying from 50 centimeters to 1.5 meters.

Floods that have occurred since Saturday, October 8, caused by high rainfall have caused the Kapuas river and a number of other rivers to overflow.

"We are still collecting data on houses and other public facilities affected by the flood and to the public we are asked to increase preparedness for natural disasters and most importantly prioritize safety," he said.