Good News From Palembang City Government, All Schools Are Allowed To Hold PTM

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JAKARTA - The City Government of Palembang, South Sumatra, has allowed all schools to conduct teaching and learning activities by means of limited face-to-face learning (PTM) during the current PPKM level 1. this city, then in early October it is allowed to do PTM," said Deputy Mayor of Palembang Fitrianti Agustinda, in Palembang, as reported by Antara, Friday, October 1. There was no transmission of COVID-19. Seeing this fact and the readiness of schools to implement PTM with health protocols to anticipate the transmission of COVID-19, all schools were allowed to carry out PTM, but with still restrictions. He explained that at the beginning of the implementation of PTM, only public junior high schools may be 100 percent PTM, and 70 percent private junior high school. Then to complete At the elementary school level, out of a total of 350 schools, 60 percent of them are allowed to carry out PTM. As for PAUD level schools, they will be opened in stages in accordance with school readiness conditions and parents' permission, and now they are allowed to carry out 100 percent PTM activities, he said. According to Fitrianti, in limited PTM activities at this time, students study for two hours, with the arrangement of entering classes divided by three times or alternately. If the COVID-19 pandemic conditions get better, he said, then the potential to increase study hours can be done. Meanwhile, the Head of the Palembang City Education Office Ahmad Zulinto added that the PPKM of Palembang City had dropped to level 1 and with the improvement of the COVID-19 zone in the city, study hours could be increased. hours and the division of class time is simpler from three shifts to two shifts while waiting for the implementation of the normal schedule," said Zu linto