Starting Next Week, Students In Yogakarta Learn Face-to-face

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YOGYAKARTA - The city of Yogyakarta will conduct a face-to-face learning simulation starting next week for elementary and junior high school students. This is after the area implemented PPKM level 3.

"There has been coordination with the Department of Education, Youth and Sports. The plan is that starting September 13, face-to-face learning simulations will be conducted," said Yogyakarta Deputy Mayor Heroe Poerwadi in Yogyakarta, as reported by Antara, Wednesday, September 9.

According to him, schools in the city of Yogyakarta already have good readiness to carry out face-to-face learning with the availability of facilities and infrastructure to support health protocols, including learning procedures.

Nevertheless, Heroe emphasized that the face-to-face learning simulation would still be carried out in a limited manner considering the potential for case transmission still exists even though the positivity rate in Yogyakarta City is already quite low.

He hopes that the face-to-face learning simulation plan will receive the support of parents, such as the results of a survey conducted by the Yogyakarta City Youth and Sports Education Office in July.

When there was a fairly high increase in cases, the Yogyakarta City Youth and Sports Education Office conducted a survey to parents of students regarding face-to-face learning plans.

"As a result, 62 percent of parents hope that face-to-face learning can be held," he said. As for the achievement of vaccination for students, Heroe said that it was quite high even though there were students who had not received vaccinations for various reasons such as not getting parental permission or still outside. city.

Of the approximately 58,000 students in the city of Yogyakarta from elementary, junior high, high school/vocational school to Islamic boarding schools, there are around 90 percent of students who have received vaccinations.

Meanwhile, Secretary of the Yogyakarta City Youth and Sports Education Office, Dedi Budiono, said schools were ready to run face-to-face learning.

"To re-assure school readiness, we will ask schools to fill out a form of willingness to hold face-to-face learning and check the completeness of facilities and infrastructure supporting health protocols and parental approval," he said.