Kemendikbudristek Encourages Face-to-Face Learning On Campuses

PIXABAY ILLUSTRATION

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology (Kemendikbudristek) encourages learning on campus in the coming academic year to be conducted face-to-face.

"We continue to encourage younger students to return to campus and conduct face-to-face learning," said the Acting Director General of Higher Education, Research, and Technology of the Ministry of Education and Culture, Nizam in Jakarta, Thursday.

Although learning can be done online, he said, character building and social interaction cannot be done online. This can only be done face to face or face to face.

If a COVID-19 case is found on the campus, he continued, it is necessary to search and reduce the intensity of interaction.

"Hopefully face-to-face learning can be carried out soon. If we look at today, although there is a spike in cases, the hospitals are empty. This shows that we are getting more and more invulnerable," he explained, as reported by ANTARA, Thursday, August 4.

The Professor of the Faculty of Engineering, UGM, also continues to encourage students, educators, and education staff on campus to carry out booster vaccinations. In addition, he continued, health protocols were strictly implemented.

A number of universities, both public and private, have started hybrid or blended face-to-face and online learning since last semester. Face-to-face learning is considered to be the main need for students in the country.