Tangerang Regency Government Review Plans For Implementation Of PTM For Elementary Schools Along With The Latest Developments In COVID-19 Cases

Head of the Tangerang Regency Education and Culture Office (Kadindibud), Syaifullah (Photo: Azmi Samsul Maarif/Antara)

JAKARTA - The Regency Government of Tangerang, Banten Province has decided to review the plan for the implementation of Face-to-Face Learning (PTM) on a limited basis at the elementary school (SD) level.

"According to the direction of the Tangerang Regency COVID-19 Task Force, we will review PTM at the elementary level. We will again select which schools are ready to carry out limited PTM with strict health protocols", said Head of the Tangerang Regency Education and Culture Office, Syaifullah, in Tangerang, reported by Antara, Friday, October 1.

He said the reason for reviewing the implementation of PTM at the elementary level was after seeing the latest developments in school cluster COVID-19 transmission cases that occurred in recent weeks.

"So, the consideration is after seeing cases that occurred in several areas, including the latest one in Tangerang, where there was a PTM cluster. So, we had to review PTM in SD", he said.

However, if there are schools that are ready and meet the regulatory requirements of the Indonesian Minister of Education and Culture, his party will allow the school to carry out limited PTM activities.

"For now, each school must fill out a form by the regulations of the Minister of Education and Culture, later we will directly check its readiness, whether it is by the health protocol or not", he said.

He also said that in principle, PTM activities carried out in Tangerang Regency were seen from the security, health, and safety aspects of students and teachers.

"So, the implementation of PTM at the SD level is not immediately opened, but we will first select the readiness of health protocol and others", he said.

The Tangerang Regency Education and Culture Office proposes the implementation of limited PTM at the elementary level to be carried out on October 4, 2021, by implementing strict health protocols.

However, along with the development of the discovery of new clusters in PTM, his party reconsidered by looking at the regional zoning and the readiness of the schools in each of these educational units.

There are 1,086 elementary schools under the supervision of the Tangerang Regency Education and Culture Office, both public and private.