DKI Prepares Online School Registration Scenarios During The Pandemic Period

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JAKARTA - Soon, the new school year will take place for all students. However, the COVID-19 pandemic is not yet certain when it will end.

It is certain that the student registration process will be different from usual, because it must follow the COVID-19 prevention protocol. Therefore, the DKI Provincial Government regulates the New Student Admissions (PPDB) scenario during the corona virus outbreak.

In a video conference meeting with the Governor of DKI Jakarta Anies Baswedan and Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta Ahmad Riza Patria, Head of the DKI Nahdiana Education Office stated that all PPDB stages are carried out online.

This meeting took place on Monday, 11 May 2020 and the documentation of the meeting was broadcast on the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government's YouTube account on Thursday, 14 May 2020.

"The PPBD policy mechanism is carried out at home. Starting from technical registration and capacity, then registering, then verification by the operator or PPDB committee, seeing the results of the selection, and doing self-reporting is done online," Nahdiana said as quoted by the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government YouTube. Friday, May 15.

This effort, said Nahdiana, was carried out to prevent crowds between students, student guardians, and the school during PPDB. Because, this has the potential to transmit COVID-19.

Then, for students who cannot register or find it difficult to register online, the Education Office opens a support service.

"We carry out help desks through posts, both in schools and in the Education Sub-dept, by paying attention to health protocols in the current pandemic condition. Then, we also open (service) telephone numbers, WhatsApp, and social media," he explained. Nahdiana.

Furthermore, the DKI Provincial Government has implemented four new student admissions channels. This path is not much different from previous years, namely zoning, affirmations, achievements, and the movement of parents and teachers.

"What is new is (the transfer) for teacher children, where the path is provided for children whose parents work in the education unit. This (route) is proven by an assignment letter from the principal of the education unit," said Nahdiana.

For information, there are several stages of PPDB for the 2020-2021 school year which will take place from May to July.

Internal socialization takes place on 14 May-18 May, external socialization on 18 May-20 May, pre-registration on 11 June-14 June, online registration on 15 June-9 July 2020, the introduction period for the school environment on 11 July, and the first day of school starts on July 13th.