Following Jokowi's Order Regarding Face-to-Face Learning, Deputy Governor Of DKI: If It's For The Best, Why Not?

Jakarta Deputy Governor Ahmad Riza Patria (Photo: Diah Ayu Wardani/VOI)

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo asked face-to-face learning activities (PTM) in schools to be carried out carefully. Jokowi wants the capacity of students to study in schools to a maximum of 25 percent.

During the pilot of school opening, DKI Jakarta Province implemented a 50 percent limit on student capacity. Responding to Jokowi's instructions, Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta Ahmad Riza Patria said he would follow.

"If 25 percent is the best, why not? We support the input from the President, the central government", said Riza at City Hall, Monday, June 7 evening.

Later, the DKI Provincial Government will also re-arrange the learning mechanism, starting from the division of students studying face to face and online learning, to the number of meetings in class.

"We will set the number of days later like a trial. The number of hours will be seen, which subjects will be tested directly, the number of days, the number of subjects, the number of hours, the capacity per class, we will all arrange", he said.

Riza said the DKI Provincial Government would again follow up on Jokowi's wishes by discussing with the DKI Regional Leadership Communication Forum (Forkopimda), epidemiologists, and the central government.

"All decisions are taken by us, the Provincial Government, the Governor, always listen to input, dialogue from various parties, including the central government. We support the central government such as micro-scale Restrictions on Community Activities (PPKM) and others", said Riza.

Previously, Jokowi gave new directions regarding the implementation of face-to-face learning in schools and asked that this activity be carried out with extra caution. This was conveyed by the Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin after holding a limited meeting.

"Mr. President directs face-to-face education which will begin to be carried out with extreme caution", Budi said in a virtual press conference.

He said that face-to-face learning activities will be carried out on a limited basis. According to Budi, a maximum of 25 percent of students may attend school, and teaching and learning activities at school cannot be more than two days a week.

"So in a week, it can only be two days of face-to-face learning", he said.

Not only that but learning activities in schools at this school should not be carried out for a long time. "A maximum of two hours a day", he said.

"So, it is confirmed by him (President Jokowi, ed) that education is carried out with a limited face-to-face method", added the former Deputy Minister of SOEs.

Budi also said that the attendance of children at school for face-to-face learning activities could only be determined by the parents or guardians of the students.

Furthermore, he also revealed that President Jokowi requested that all teachers be vaccinated against COVID-19 before face-to-face learning activities begin. So, he asked regional heads to prioritize educators in the process of administering vaccines.

"We also ask the regional head for help because we send the vaccine to the regional head prioritizing teachers and the elderly, especially these teachers must have been vaccinated before the limited face-to-face that we conveyed was carried out", he said.