Deputy Governor Riza Cautious In Smoothing The Government's Plan To Open Face-to-Face Schools In July

Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta, Ahmad Riza Patria (Photo: Diah Ayu / VOI)

JAKARTA - The central government will require all schools and other educational units to implement face-to-face learning (PTM) in the coming July. The condition is that teachers at the school must have been vaccinated.

Responding to this, Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta Ahmad Riza Patria hopes that DKI can open schools in the new school year in the next few months. However, he admitted that he would see the development of the COVID-19 case first.

"That's our common hope. However, we have to look at the facts, data, and figures," said Riza at the City Hall of DKI, Central Jakarta, Wednesday, March 31 evening.

Riza admitted that there was a trend of decreasing new cases of COVID-19, an increase in the cure rate, and a decrease in the death rate for corona virus cases.

In addition, many teachers and other education personnel have also received vaccination injections. However, Riza said that her party had a number of considerations in deciding to open a school.

"We have to be more thorough and careful. We will decide after an epidemiological hearing, Forkopimda, the Central COVID-19 Task Force, including public advice," he said.

Furthermore, Riza said that his party will conduct trials for opening schools in the capital city with face-to-face learning on Wednesday, April 7.

Riza said that currently there are about 96 schools that are planned to be opened as face-to-face learning pilot projects and are being assessed.

"Hopefully, if this is successful, later we will consider whether in the new academic year, face to face is possible or mixed as tested, or other means," he said.

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 the online distance learning (PJJ) option.

"So, like it or not, even though vaccination has been completed, it is mandatory to provide limited face-to-face meetings. But it still has to go through a rotation system. So it must provide both face-to-face and distance learning options," said Nadiem on Tuesday, March 30. .