Home Affairs Minister (Mendagri) Tito Karnavian allowed Jakarta to conduct face-to-face classes at schools, with 50-percent capacity, during the community activities restriction (PPKM) level 3.
The regulation stipulated in Instruction of Home Affairs Minister No. 35 of 2021 on PPKM Level 4, Level 3, and Level 2 of COVID-19 in Java-Bali is effective from August 24 to August 30.
“The learning method in school can be conducted by online learning or face-to-face medium with limited capacity at school. This regulation is based on the Joint Decree of the Minister of Education and Culture, Minister of Religion, Minister of Health and Minister of Home Affairs,” according to the home affairs minister’s instruction. The implementation of face-to-face learning, with a maximum capacity of 50 percent, applies to educational units, such as elementary and secondary schools and universities in district and cities in Jakarta with level 3 criteria: Kepulauan Seribu District, West Jakarta City, East Jakarta City, South Jakarta City, North Jakarta City, and Central Jakarta City.
Karnavian conveyed that the PPKM stipulation for district and city level referred to the indicators for adjusting public health efforts and social restrictions in combating the COVID-19 pandemic set by the health minister.
However, the maximum capacity to hold face-to-face learning for early childhood education units (PAUD) is 33 percent by maintaining a minimum distance of 1.5 meters and a maximum of five students per class. Meanwhile, education for children with special needs, ranging from SDLB, MILB, SMPLB, and SMALB to MALB, has a maximum capacity of 62-100 percent by maintaining a minimum distance of 1.5 meters and a maximum of five students per class.
The Instruction of the Minister of Home Affairs Number 35 of 2021 was a follow up to President Joko Widodo’s directive to implement PPKM Level 4, Level 3, and Level 2 against COVID-19 in Java and Bali in accordance with the criteria for the level of the pandemic situation based on the assessment as well as optimizing the COVID-19 handling command posts at the village and sub-district levels to stem the spread of COVID-19.
Source: Antara News