Whether It's Good News Or Bad News, Bekasi City Government Postpones Face-to-face Education In 80 Schools

Face-to-face learning activities in the education unit of Bekasi City, West Java (Pradita Kurniawan Syah/Antara).

JAKARTA - The Bekasi City Government, West Java has decided to postpone the face-to-face learning of 80 schools that have volunteered and have even met the criteria and requirements for implementing the adaptation of a new life order in the education unit (ATHB-SP). even though it has been declared worthy of holding ATHB-SP," said Head of the Bekasi City Education Office Inayatullah in Bekasi, reported by Antara, Saturday, May 29. He said the decision to postpone face-to-face learning activities in dozens of schools was due to the increasing trend of COVID-19 cases in Bekasi City. after the 2021 Eid holiday. "In our region the trend of COVID-19 cases is soaring high, especially for the child age category," he said.

Inay ensured that he would continue to monitor and evaluate while waiting for further directions from the Bekasi City COVID-19 Task Force regarding the plan to add schools that were allowed to hold face-to-face learning.

"Once again, our main priority is the health of students, we are waiting for further directions," he said.

The Bekasi City Education Office admitted that the dozens of schools had actually submitted to the Education Basic Data (Dakodik) of the Ministry of Education and Culture to obtain permission to hold face-to-face schools.

"If we look at the results of monitoring, everything has been met, in terms of infrastructure and infrastructure, it is sufficient and all requirements have been met," he said. So far, he said, there have been 220 schools holding face-to-face learning. His side continues to coordinate and evaluate hundreds of schools, especially those in schools whose areas are now categorized as the red zone for the spread of COVID-19. "We are currently mapping it, then we will re-evaluate it based on the map of the spread of corona virus cases, especially after Lebaran," he said. requires each school to cooperate with local community health centers and regional task forces in the context of controlling and preventing the spread of COVID-19 to the school environment, from students, teachers, administrative staff, office boys, to school security officers. Every day we must ensure the availability of health protocol facilities during the teaching and learning process by implementing extra strict health protocols," he said.