A Vocational School Student In Jakarta Died Falling From 4th Floor School, FSGI Asked For Accreditation Evaluation

Illustration of the body of death (Pixabay)

The Federation of Indonesian Teachers' Unions (FSGI) asked SMK Pandawa Budi Luhur in South Jakarta to cooperate in investigating students who fell from the fourth floor of the school building until they died.

"It is important to convey the chronology so that there is a lesson from this case so that there are no more casualties," said FSGI Expert Council Retno Listyarti in Jakarta, Tuesday, January 31, as reported by Antara.

Even though parents and schools agreed not to proceed to legal channels, Retno emphasized that schools are still obliged to ensure that the incident will not happen again until they take victims again.

Secretary General of FSGI Heru Purnomo added that schools must still be held accountable for the security of the school environment, especially safe facilities and infrastructure for children on the second to fourth floors.

This is because this incident occurred at the school at around 15.30 WIB when he came home from school and if he was declared an accident for joking on the fourth floor, it is necessary to ensure security from the fence.

The principle of child-friendly school (SRA) is not only to facilitate the talents, interests and potential of its students, but also to protect them while in school both from violence and discrimination and ensure their safety.

FSGI also encourages the National Accreditation Agency (BAN) of DKI Jakarta Province to re-evaluate school accreditation whose expertise competes in Tourism and Hotels to get an A.

The accreditation evaluation must be carried out because according to an explanation on the official website of Private Vocational School, Pandawa Budi Luhur, it is stated that the facilities provided by schools are only electricity and the internet.

FSGI also urged the government to examine Pandawa Budi Luhur Vocational School because it was suspected that there was an element of negligence because the school was considered negligent in preparing safe educational facilities and infrastructure for school residents.

The FSGI Guntur Legal Study Team believes that the school violates the national standard of education specifically for educational facilities and infrastructure standards.

The standard is contained in the Government Regulation of the Republic of Indonesia Number 57 of 2021 article 25 paragraph (4) letter b concerning the safety, health and safety of students.

"With the proven negligence of the school in the accident in question, it can be concluded that it meets the criteria for unlawful acts regulated in the Civil Code article 1365," he said.