Ministry Of Education And Culture Is Asked To Make Sure All Schools Are Ready To Learn Face-to-face

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JAKARTA - The government will require all schools and other educational units to implement face-to-face learning (PTM) in July with several conditions.

However, according to the Indonesian Child Protection Commission, the Ministry of Education and Culture is not limited to giving instructions to open schools.

Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) Commissioner for Education, Retno Listyarti, said there must be field monitoring to ensure the readiness of schools and regions.

"Monitoring can be carried out by LPMP (Educational Quality Assurance Institution) in each province which is an extension of the Ministry of Education and Culture in the regions. From KPAI's supervision, this is not optimal", said Retno to VOI, Wednesday, March 31.

Retno said that the Ministry of Education and Culture must ensure that all schools in Indonesia fill out the checklist provided regarding readiness to open face-to-face schools.

This is because until now only about 50 percent of the schools have filled it. Of these, only 10 percent are ready.

KPAI also encourages local governments to hold regional coordination meetings in stages by involving all schools in the region, both public and private at all levels of education.

This, said Retno, aims to map schools that are very ready, ready, not ready, even those that are not ready at all.

"Mapping is needed so that the central government and local governments can intervene to help schools that are not ready and ready", he explained.

It is known, the plan to open this school is contained in the Joint Decree (SKB) of the Minister of Education and Culture, Minister of Religion, Minister of Health, and Minister of Home Affairs regarding Implementation Guidelines during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Minister of Education and Culture Nadiem Makarim said, although schools at all levels of education are required to open, there are conditions that must be met.

First, all teachers and education personnel must have been vaccinated against COVID-19. Then, the school also still has to serve online distance learning (PJJ) options.

All educational units continue to apply strict health protocols. Classrooms must also be limited to 50 percent of the existing capacity.