The Jakarta Post: Indonesian schools are not ready for the ＂new normal＂
date：2020-06-29 09:19author：小编source：The Jakarta Postviews：
More than half of the schools in the Indonesian country said that due to lack of infrastructure and funding, they were not ready to resume face-to-face learning under the so-called "new normal" period, and the Indonesian Teachers Association (FSGI) was able to replicate.
The survey was conducted earlier this month and involved at least 1,656 high-level individuals from 245 cities and regions in 34 provinces, including teachers, principals, and school administrators. Most people outside work in schools in green areas, which means the risk of COVID-19 infection.
The Ministry of Education and Culture announced that it will re-open schools that placed COVID-19 green areas in phases starting in July.
The FSGI survey found that about 89% of the increasers agreed that good health practices are required to reopen schools during outbreaks, so it is important to ensure that school infrastructure can support the new normal policy. However, about 53.4% of the preliminary advisers suggested that they could not provide the necessary infrastructure to support the new normal policy.
FSGI Deputy Secretary-General Satriwan Salim said on Tuesday that schools, especially private schools, admitted that they did not have sufficient budget to provide support infrastructure to restart school learning during the new normal. Satrivan said that because the funds had been supplemented with other necessities, they faced difficulties in allocating funds for such infrastructure from the budget. In addition, he added that more than 70% of the replacements believe that government school operation assistance (BOS) can be used to prepare for the new normal. "However, some people say that BOS is not enough to cover the cost of providing such infrastructure."
Suparno Sastro, principal of Labschool High School in Jakarta, said that after reopening the school, education stakeholders must first recognize the health and safety of students and staff. "But who can guarantee it? The government admits that it is impossible to perform PCR tests on all students. It must first, that will be expensive." Suparno said.
Suparno said, adding that their school is still reluctant to be on July 13th of the 2020-2021 school year. "As far as BOS is concerned, we may be able to use it to provide medical equipment. However, it is impossible to rely on it for PCR testing. ." The day began to reopen.
(Excerpt from The Jakarta Post ,https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2020/06/16/indonesian-schools-not-ready-for-new-normal-survey.html, June 16, 2020)
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