Jakarta Provincial Government Will Decide Face-to-Face School January 3, 2021

DKI Jakarta Deputy Governor Ahmad Riza Patria (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Education and Culture has allowed all regions to reopen schools and implement face-to-face learning in early 2021.

However, Deputy Governor of DKI, Ahmad Riza Patria, said that the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government has not been able to decide whether schools in the capital will reopen or not. Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta said the decision would be announced on January 3.

"We respect the policies of the Ministry of Education and Culture regarding the possibility of face-to-face schools in 2021. However, the Provincial Government continues to conduct studies. After the 3rd, we will see there," Riza told reporters, Thursday, December 31.

Riza said that January 3 was a decision for the Governor of DKI Jakarta Anies Baswedan on the decision to continue the transitional PSBB.

The politician from the Gerindra Party said that DKI could relax its restrictions by opening schools. However, it did not rule out the possibility that schools would continue to be conducted online because the PSBB was tightened.

"Later we will see according to the facts and data, whether DKI Jakarta is possible at the beginning of this year to open face to face. Of course, we must pay attention and prioritize the safety of students and teachers in schools," he explained.

For information, Mendikbud Nadiem Makarim has allowed local governments to open schools or carry out face-to-face learning activities starting January 2021. The opening of these schools is no longer based on zoning for the spread of COVID-19 as he had previously conveyed.

"The big difference with the previous SKB is that the risk zoning map no longer determines the granting of face-to-face learning permits but the regional government determines it, so that it can select areas in a more detailed way. This policy applies from the even semester of the 2020-2021 school year. It will be January 2021. , "said Nadiem, Friday, November 20.

With the time lag for face-to-face learning, Nadiem hopes that local governments and schools can prepare themselves. "If you want to meet face to face, you must immediately increase your readiness to implement this from now until the end of the year," he said.