DPRD Supports Anies To Open Schools In Early 2021

JAKARTA - The DKI Jakarta Provincial Government is still thinking about the plan to reopen schools with face-to-face learning in early 2021. Face-to-face learning at schools next year has been permitted by the Ministry of Education and Culture.

Responding to this, the Secretary of Commission E DPRD DKI, Jhonny Simanjuntak supported the Governor of DKI Jakarta Anies Baswedan to re-implement face-to-face learning.

The reason is, Jhonny sees that currently there are many children who are struggling to the point of feeling bored when participating in online learning for eight months.

"We can see that nowadays many children are already bored with studying at home. Because of that saturation, in their formation age they want to move. Now, they need an atmosphere of friendship as school children," said Jhonny when contacted, Monday, 23 November.

Not to mention, said Jhonny, the limited ability of parents to buy large amounts of internet quota is another factor in the difficulty of learning online.

"The distance learning system is not optimal, there are factors of students who do not have smartphones, internet quota, and there are also difficulties in school," he said.

However, Jhonny asked the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government to apply the precautionary principle to prepare face-to-face learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.

"We can first start the school opening from high school students, gradually. With a note that before it starts, the school calls parents to explain health protocols and the negative effects of not being disciplined," explained Jhonny.

Mendikbud Nadiem Makarim previously allowed local governments to open schools or carry out face-to-face learning activities starting January 2021.

The opening of this school was no longer based on the zoning for the spread of COVID-19 as he had previously conveyed. With the time lag for face-to-face learning, Nadiem hopes that local governments and schools can prepare themselves.

The Governor of DKI Jakarta DKI Jakarta admitted that his party could not yet decide to reopen the school with face-to-face learning. The former Minister of Education and Culture admitted that he would further study the conditions of handling COVID-19 in Jakarta during December.

"We will also consult with associations of experts in the health sector, in the field of education so that our decision is based on the situation in Jakarta. So at this time there is no decision whether in January to start studying at school or not, we will communicate later," he said. Anies.