Mr. Viktor Laiskodat, Student Of SMA Negeri 1 Kupang Doesn't Mind School At 5.30 But Difficulty Finding Transportation

High school students attended the morning rally at the beginning of school activities starting at 05.30 WITA at SMA Negeri I Kupang in Kupang City, NTT/Via ANTARA

KUPANG - Kupang State I Senior High School (SMA) in Kupang City, East Nusa Tenggara Province, has started school activities at 05.30 WITA in accordance with Governor Viktor B Laiskodat's instructions. "The response of the children is quite good. At first there were around 16 out of 400 students, but after entering 05.30 WITA more and more people came even though they were late," said Acting Head of SMA Negeri I Kupang Sandi Paliman in Kupang, Antara, Wednesday, March 1. He explained that previously teaching and learning activities at schools began at 06.30 WITA, but were then moved to 05.30 WITA in accordance with the instructions of the Governor of East Nusa Tenggara. Sandi said that the promotion of teaching and learning time was followed by a promotion when he came home from school. "Usually it's 13.00 WITA time to go home, now it's home early, which is 12.00 WITA," he said. Karolina Langko, a Class 12 IPS student at SMA Negeri I Kupang, admitted that she had no problem with the promotion of teaching and learning time at her school. "This is for the sake of developing our characters, so I just agree," he said. However, he admitted that it was difficult for him to access transportation services to go to school early because generally public transportation had not yet operated at 04.30 WITA until 05.30 WITA. "Earlier I woke up at 04.00 a.m., then my brother was escorted who also had to go to work early in the morning. For transportation (students) it is hoped that the government can think about it too," he said. Currently, only two high schools are carrying out teaching and learning activities starting at 05.30 WITA, namely SMA Negeri 6 Kupang City and SMA Negeri I Kupang City. According to the Head of the Education and Culture Office of East Nusa Tenggara Province,manfaat Lusi, there are 10 high schools (SMA) and vocational high schools (SMK) in Kupang City who are ready to carry out teaching and learning activities starting at 05.30 WITA for grade 12 students. Schools that are ready to carry out teaching and learning activities starting at 05.30 WITA for grade 12 students include SMAN 1 Kupang City, SMAN 2 Kupang City, SMAN 3 Kupang City, SMAN 5 Kupang City, SMAN 6 Kupang City, SMKN 1 Kupang City, SMKN 2 Kupang City, SMKN 3 Kupang City, SMKN 4 Kupang City, and SMKN 5 Kupang City.