Prevent Omicron, Kediri Education Office Stops Face-to-face Learning

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KEDIRI - The Education Office of the City of Kediri, East Java, implemented distance learning following up on the Decree of the Mayor of Kediri regarding the Implementation of Level 3 Corona Virus Disease 2019 Restrictions to prevent the spread of COVID-19, especially the Omicron variant. distance learning is applied starting from the play group level to high school. This activity is to break the chain of COVID-19 spread. "This is an effort to break the chain of COVID-19, so we carry out distance learning. We want to be healthy, so we implement this provision," he said in Kediri, Saturday, February 12. He explained, This policy is already in progress and will be evaluated every week. This program ran early last week and will be evaluated on February 14, 2022. "After that we are waiting for the next provisions. If schools are ready, moreover teachers have received quotas from the Ministry of Education and Culture to carry out distance learning," he said.

It has also asked all schools to review the material that has been taught. In the future, schools will catch up with material gaps when face-to-face meetings (PTM) are held again. "There is a transitional curriculum, from the transitional curriculum, it will prioritize enrichment or remedial," he said. He also appealed to tutoring institutions to continue implementing PTM. in order to apply strict rules according to government recommendations. "All tutoring teachers must have been vaccinated at least up to dose II. For implementation during teaching, the health protocol is maintained so that crowds do not occur," said Siswanto. Meanwhile, Head of the Kediri City Health Office Fauzan Adima added For distance learning, it is recommended to prevent the spread of COVID-19 from schools, especially the Omicron variant. conduct samples with antigens to students and teachers ru both at the elementary, middle and high school levels. As a result, there are reports that there are positive cases of COVID-19 exposure. "There are only about three or four children under 10 years old, seven of which are high school students. All schools are online," he said. In the city of Kediri, cases were confirmed positive for COVID-19 also continues to increase. On Friday (11/2) there were 41 people who were confirmed positive, so that a total of 148 people were being treated. On Thursday (10/2) there were 53 people who were confirmed positive and the total being treated was 138 people.