Transition to face-to-face learning in regions allowed to reopen schools should be conducted by stages, with a blend of online and offline learning systems implemented, public policy expert of Trisakti University Trubus Rahadiansyah stated.
“We could commence the transition to face-to-face learning implemented in stages and blending online and offline learning systems. Pupils, who attended face-to-face learning at schools, should remain under the supervision of parents,” Rahadiansyah stated here, Tuesday.
All levels, including the primary, secondary, and high schools, can reopen following the government’s decision to improve activities restriction enforcement (PPKM) ratings from level 4 to level 3 imposed in a particular region, he noted. Rahadiansyah pointed out that Jakarta’s schools could reopen after the government upgraded the city’s PPKM score from level 4 to level 3, as the city had sufficient vaccination coverage for a relatively safer school opening.
He stated that despite the reopening, school administrators should not neglect their responsibility to enforce health protocols at their schools to prevent them from turning into a COVID-19 infection cluster, particularly after the more contagious COVID-19 Delta variant was identified.
“It is easy to declare schools reopened while ordering school administrators to abide by health protocols. What is difficult right now is to implement and supervise health protocol enforcement at schools,” Rahadiansyah stated.
Earlier, Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian allowed regions with improved PPKM ratings to level 3 to commence school reopening since August 24.
Included among regions with improved PPKM rating to level 3, the Jakarta authority planned to proceed with the transition to face-to-face learning in the city. Reopened schools would be subject to strict health protocols in place and class attendance capped at 50 percent of the total class capacity.
Source: Antara News