Members Of Commission X Of The House Of Representatives From PKS Party Faction: Education Must Run Even If The Pandemic Is Not Over

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JAKARTA - Deputy Chairman of Commission X of Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR RI), Abdul Fikri Faqih emphasized that students must continue to learn lessons even though the COVID-19 pandemic has not subsided in Indonesia.

Commission X of the DPR, he said, would directly develop the preparations for the opening of a face-to-face learning (PTM) school on a limited basis. Such as subsidized internet quota assistance, and new normal and the development of vaccination for educators and education personnel.

"Education units that have educators and education personnel who have received complete vaccines are obliged to provide options for limited face-to-face learning (PTM) or home learning (BDR)", said Fikri, Sunday, April 4.

However, according to Fikri, parents are still given the right to allow their children to go to school by undergoing limited PTM or permanent BDR.

"The government's initiative to immediately open schools needs to be appreciated, but in terms of preparation for opening schools, it still needs to be evaluated", he said.

The PKS Party politician also quoted the results of the supervision carried out by the Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) in June-November 2020 regarding the readiness to open schools in 49 schools in 21 districts/cities in 8 provinces, only 16.3 percent of schools are ready to reopen.

He said, the data from the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture on learning readiness showed that only 280.372 or 52.44 percent of schools filled out the list of teaching and learning process readiness during the pandemic, only about 10 percent were ready.

Meanwhile, regarding the vaccination of educators, a survey by the Federation of Indonesian Teachers' Unions (FSGI) shows that only 47.67 percent of educators have received the socialization of the vaccination program. Meanwhile, 52.33 percent of educators have never received this program socialization.

"This condition does not support the Government's plan, in this case the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture, which targets the completion of vaccinations for 5.582.875 educators and education personnel from all pathways and levels of education, by the end of June 2021", he concluded.