COVID Task Force: Prokes Compliance Index In High Schools Reaches 85.92 Percent

The teacher checks body temperature and uses student masks after school closure related to violations of health protocols (Photo: ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The COVID-19 Handling Task Force recorded a compliance index in carrying out health protocols to prevent transmission of COVID-19.

In the educational community including schools, teachers, students, and parents, the compliance index is relatively high because it reaches 85.92 percent.

"The compliance index is 85.92 percent, consisting of compliance with wearing masks of 86.62 percent, washing hands with soap in running water at 86.74 percent, and maintaining a distance of 84.42 percent," explained the Head of the Sub-Division for Behavior Change for the COVID-19 Handling Task Force, Harris Iskandar in the Webinar 'Why Vaccination for COVID-19 Is Needed, ”reported by Antara, Thursday, January 28.

The survey was conducted on the education community including principals, teachers, students, and parents on 10 November-10 December 2020.

The survey involved 12,890 respondents and the sampling error was 1.03 percent at a 95.0 percent confidence interval.

He emphasized the importance of the role of teachers in behavior change education in the sphere of education. "The teacher's role is important in conveying the 3M health program message plus Faith, Safe, and Immune in every lesson," he said.

The principle of providing education during the COVID-19 pandemic is to maintain health and safety as a top priority in determining education policies and delivery.

Moreover, starting January 2021, there is a policy if the local government has given permission and the education unit meets all tiered requirements, face-to-face learning is allowed.

The Ministry of Education and Culture has also implemented a number of policies to prevent and control COVID-19, including through the reallocation of a budget of IDR 1.5 trillion for handling COVID-19.