JAKARTA - The process of admitting new students (PPDB) at DKI Jakarta public schools has been completed and a new school year has begun. Even so, there are still 7,758 empty seats available, ranging from public SD, SMP, SMA, and SMK.

Head of the DKI Jakarta Education Agency, Nahdiana, explained that there were 6,666 empty seats left in elementary schools, out of a capacity of 99,932 people, while the remaining 622 empty seats in SMP had a capacity of 79,075 people.

Then, there are 225 remaining empty seats in SMA from a capacity of 31,964 people, and 245 remaining empty seats in SMK from a capacity of 31,964 people. Even so, empty seats were not scattered in all schools.

"The remaining seats in SD are 6.71 percent of the capacity provided, then SMP is 0.79 percent, SMA is 0.7 percent, and SMK is 1.72 percent," Nahdiana said at the DPRD DKI Building, Central Jakarta, Tuesday , July 14th.

Nahdiana said, most of the empty seats were at the SD level. This is because, he said, there are several elementary schools whose locations are in office environments. "So, there are not many children who enter SD in that area," he said.

The vacant seats from the five administrative cities and the Thousand Islands in DKI Jakarta in the 2020-2021 academic year will later be reopened for students who transfer schools at the change of the new semester.

"Later we will publish (announcements of schools leaving empty seats) in the following semester," said Nahdiana.

Nahdiana admitted that the vacant seats for public schools in the DKI area have the potential to lead to the sale and purchase of chairs from school officials with prospective students who previously did not qualify in the PPDB system.

Therefore, in a joint meeting with Commission E DPRD DKI, Nahdiana asked the members of the board to report if there were schools that bought and sold chairs.

"If you find our personnel who are selling and buying chairs, (please) tell them. We have zero tolerance for this," he concluded.


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