Bobby Nasution: School COVID-19 Task Force Must Maintain Coordination Regarding PTM

Medan Mayor Bobby Nasutio/PHOTO VIA ANTARA

MEDAN - Medan Mayor Bobby Nasution, emphasized that the school's COVID-19 task force (Satgas) must continue to coordinate with the local sub-district task force regarding limited face-to-face learning (PTM) for junior high school students.

"If a student experiences symptoms of illness, the school must immediately call the nearest Puskesmas," said Bobby Nasution after reviewing the first day of limited PTM at SMP Negeri 3 Medan, quoted by Antara, Monday, October 11.

The mayor of Medan explained, today all junior high schools are allowed to apply limited PTM with a hybrid learning method or a combination of face-to-face and virtual.

Students who do not come to school, he explained, continue to take lessons online (on the network) along with students who take limited PTM in class.

"In this PTM, there are only 10 children in one class and all of them have been vaccinated. Children who have not been vaccinated are under 12 years old on average in class VII. Meanwhile, Class VIII and IX have been vaccinated, because they are 12 years old and over," said Bobby Nasution. .

He stated that there is no rule prohibiting students who have not been vaccinated from participating in PTM. However, he continued, the Medan City Government is still trying and recommending that all junior high school students who take part in this limited PTM have been vaccinated.

The latest data from the Medan City Education Office states that the number of junior high school students in this area reaches 105,641 people, of whom 65,000 students have been vaccinated from a total of 384 junior high schools and 45 of them are state junior high schools.

Bobby Nasution also said that every junior high school student participating in this limited PTM must bring a letter of permission from his parents.

"If parents don't want their children to take part in PTM, please follow them online at the same time as their friends who are learning face-to-face," said Mayor Bobby.

Meanwhile, the Acting Head of the Medan Education Office, Topan OP Ginting, admitted that his party had issued a limited standard operating procedure for PTM that regulates students from going to school, at school to returning home.

"How should students, parents, teachers and educators behave. During this pandemic, we will formulate instructions. I believe we can continue to carry out this PTM, without sacrificing health," he said.