SMKN 3 Bengkulu Fire, Disdikbud Make Sure To Learn To Teach In The 2nd Semester Students Are Not Disturbed

The fire incident that scorched SMKN 3 Bengkulu City on Thursday, December 28, 2023. (ANTARA/HO-Media Center Bengkulu Province

BENGKULU - Bengkulu Provincial Government (Pemprov) ensures that teaching and learning activities (KBM) at SMK Negeri (SMKN) 3 Bengkulu City are not hampered after the fire that scorched the school.

"We ensure that teaching and learning activities in the theory of students / students of SMKN 3 Bengkulu were not hampered after a severe fire broke out on Thursday (28 December)," said Head of the Bengkulu Province Education and Culture Office (Disdikbud) Saidirman in Bengkulu, Friday, December 29, which was confiscated by Antara. According to him, there is still time to prepare for learning activities before entering the second semester of school year starting in January 2024. "They are also entering on January 8, they also have a classroom far in different locations, later the activities of learning theory will not become an obstacle and teaching and learning will be diverted there first. However, the problem is the room of their laboratory practice," Saidirman said. He said that the restructuring of SMKN 3 Bengkulu will later be discussed together by the Governor of Bengkulu Rohidin Mersyah. According to the Principal of SMKN 3 Bengkulu, Saidirman said, there are 17 classrooms that have been burned and until now there are still calculations of losses by consultants. "There is a possibility of using a bailout fund in the Regional Government (BTT), if this has met the requirements of BTT funds. Later there will also be a kind of special policy related to the acceleration of the construction of SMKN 3 Bengkulu," said Saidirman.

SMK Negeri 3 Bengkulu City caught fire in the afternoon, Thursday, December 28, 2023. The fire first appeared at around 14:40 WIB and the cause of the fire is still under investigation by related parties. Bengkulu City Police Inafis Team (Polresta) held a crime scene (TKP) at the scene of the State Vocational High School (SMKN) 3 Bengkulu fire. Crime scene was carried out to determine the exact cause of the fire that scorched dozens of these rooms.