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Indonesia examines plan to reopen schools in December or next year
Ghina Ghaliya
The Jakarta Post
Jakarta / Tue, June 2,
2020 / 01:23 pm
The government is
mulling over plans to reopen school campuses by the end of the year or at the
beginning of 2021, after students were required to study from home in the final
few months of the school year to remains safe from the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to the government’s
official academic calendar, the beginning of the 2020-2021 school year is
slated for July 13.
However, it may order schools
to reopen for on-campus activities in late December at the earliest — if the
pandemic shows signs of receding.
“That's just an
estimation. According to our calendar, [the new school year starts] in
mid-July, but I won’t recommend [students going back to campus],” Coordinating
Human Development and Culture Minister Muhadjir Effendy said in a statement on
Monday.
He assured that the government
would make a decision soon, saying the education sector would be the last to be
reopened after the implementation of large-scale social restrictions (PSBB).
"Compared to other
sectors, education will be the last. Given the unmeasured risks, we can’t
calculate [the exact date] just yet.”
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo
previously suggested to delay the start of the school year, as allowing schools
to reopen their campuses as scheduled would be a great risk to the country’s
education, tribunnews.com reported
on Sunday.
The ministry’s deputy
coordinator of education and religious affairs, Agus Sartono, said the ministry
had considered allowing students to return to campus in late August or early
September.
"But the end of December
is better […] We don’t want to be like France and South Korea. They reopened
their schools too early and many students were exposed [to COVID-19]," he
said.
The Jakarta Education Agency
previously planned to reopen schools on July 13, in line with the government’s academic calendar. The
plan, however, had to take into account the central government's policies and
each school’s preparations in curbing COVID-19 transmission.
According to agency head
Nahdiana, authorities have formulated three different scenarios for students
returning to school.
The first option is to reopen
some schools and allow all of their students to attend, the second is to reopen
several schools and only allow half of their students on campus and the third
option is to reopen all schools while requiring some students to study from
home.
v Evaluation and Evidences
President Jokowi
has been announced “A New Normal” life after
long implementation of large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) policy.
The new normal life officialy enacted on 01 June 2020 peridiocally. Some people
say that New Normal life is part of Herd Immunity, all people allowed to be
exposed to the Covid-19, and we are asked to make a piece with a virus. How can
we make a piece meanwhile the Corona itself don’t want to make a piece?, sigh.
New normal means that we have to adapt with abnormal thing (The pandemic), ofcourse
with enforce a health protocol, because life can’t continue like this, the
economy has to go back. While waiting for the vaccine to be found, then this
policy is enforced. How about education sector ?
Due to
goverment policy that all of the school will be opened in the end of the year
or at least next year till situation improves, there are lots of pros and cons.
Most of parents feel worried if their children affected the virus, but not with
pupils’ feeling. As a student, I know it is hard, make students stress with the
number of assignments, adding with internet access that doesn’t support. Due to
school scenarios issued by the goverment, we have 3 options. one of them is to
reopen several schools and only allow half of their students on campus. I’m
sure it’s the best solution now with adding some policy, such as; enact
shifting classes, reducy study time, manage time learning, do a rapid test,
provide a permit to study and teach, etc.
The reopening of schools in several areas especially in the green zone
without ignoring health protocol, the goverment should consider it fastly.
Let’s
consider society’s problem in remote areas such as in West Kalimantan (Based on BBC NEWS Indonesia), there is limited internet access and no media to doing online learning,
it’s difficult for them. Their
academic skills left behind, they don’t get access to education. Most parents
complain about studying at home, they said their children are not ready.
They are really left behind. So, I guess that the goverment should reopened
schools in remote areas, without ignoring health protocol.
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