Central Government Requires Schools In PPKM Areas Level 1-3 Hold 100 Percent PTM With Certain Conditions

JAKARTA - The central government has again adjusted the rules for implementing face-to-face learning (PTM) during the pandemic. Currently, all schools in the PPKM Level 1 to Level 3 areas are required to hold 100 percent PTM with certain conditions.

This is stated in the Minister of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology, Minister of Religion, Minister of Health, and Minister of Home Affairs issuing Joint Decree (SKB Four Ministers) Number 01/KB/2022, Number 408 of 2022, Number HK.01.08/MENKES /1140/2022, Number 420-1026 of 2022 concerning Guidelines for the Implementation of Learning in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Secretary General of the Ministry of Education and Culture, Suharti, explained that the implementation of PTM was carried out based on the level of Enforcement of Community Activity Restrictions (PPKM) set by the central government and the vaccination achievements of educators and education personnel (PTK), as well as the elderly.

"The determination of the PPKM level is still regulated through the Instruction of the Minister of Home Affairs which is adjusted periodically," said Suharti in a statement, Wednesday, May 11.

In detail, schools or educational units that are at PPKM Level 1 and Level 2 with vaccination achievements of educators and education personnel (PTK) above 80 percent and seniors above 60 percent are required to hold 100 percent PTM every day with learning hours according to the curriculum.

Then, for those who achieve PTK vaccination below 80 percent and the elderly under 60 percent are also required to hold 100 percent PTM every day with a learning duration of at least 6 hours of learning.

Then, for education units located in the PPKM level 3 area with PTK vaccination achievements above 80 percent and the elderly above 60 percent, they are required to hold 100 percent PTM every day with learning hours according to the curriculum.

Educational units with PTK vaccination achievements below 80 percent and the elderly below 60 percent are required to organize 50 percent PTM every day in turn with mixed learning modes for a maximum of 6 hours of learning.

Meanwhile, for education units in the PPKM level 4 area, with PTK vaccinations above 80 percent and the elderly more than 60 percent, they are required to hold 50 percent PTM every day in turn with mixed learning modes for a maximum of 6 learning hours.

Meanwhile, education units in PPKM Level 4 areas whose PTK vaccinations are below 80 percent and elderly vaccinations are below 60 percent are still required to carry out PJJ.