There is no break time. Students are urged to immediately go home after the learning session endsDepok, W Java (ANTARA) - The Depok city government has commenced limited face-to-face learning in schools on Monday, October 4, Head of the Depok Education Office Wijayanto stated.
The government had earlier conducted a trial run for face-to-face learning on Sept 28-29, 2021.
According to Wijayanto, schools that conduct limited face-to-face learning (PTMT) are still urged to offer a learning-from-home option for students that did not receive permission from their parents to partake in face-to-face learning activities at school.
“Schools still offer online learning services to students not permitted to partake in face-to-face learning by their parents,” he remarked.
In Depok City, face-to-face learning is only conducted twice a week for two hours per day. The number of students during one learning session is also limited.
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In addition to the two days of limited face-to-face learning, teaching and learning activities are still conducted online.
"The school will handle the arrangement of the session," Wijayanto remarked.
In a bid to minimize the risk of COVID-19 transmission occurring at schools, face-to-face learning is conducted without break time.
“There is no break time. Students are urged to immediately go home after the learning session ends,” he remarked.
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He also explained that sports, arts, and extracurricular activities will still be conducted online to avoid virus transmission.
Wijayanto emphasized that every educational unit must ensure that face-to-face learning is implemented by still adhering to health protocols.
“We are optimistic that the implementation of face-to-face learning would run well, and every education unit would enforce health protocols strictly to avoid new COVID-19 clusters from forming in the school environment in future,” he remarked.
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