The head of BSKAP, Toni Toharudin, stated that this strategic move was taken to ensure that students' right to education is still met while building a culture of disaster preparedness in schools across Indonesia.
"We need to ensure preparedness not only at the government level but also within educational institutions, so they are capable of mitigating, enduring, and recovering from a disaster," Toharudin said in Jakarta on Monday.
Meanwhile, the ministry's Head of the Curriculum and Learning Center, Laksmi Dewi, explained that schools are given full flexibility to independently adjust their curriculum during disaster conditions.
She noted that the key points of these guidelines include prioritizing specific materials; for example, schools are not required to complete the entire learning curriculum.
Instead, the primary focus is directed toward psychosocial support, personal safety, disaster mitigation, and essential literacy and numeracy.
Furthermore, assessment will be implemented flexibly, conducted through simple methods like portfolios or assignments, rather than relying on rigid written exams at the end of the semester.
The learning process will also adopt adaptive methods, allowing it to be conducted through limited face-to-face sessions or independent study, depending on the available facilities in the affected areas.
A representative of the ministry's Disaster-Resilient Education Unit (SPAB), Jamjam Muzaki, emphasized the importance of data-driven risk awareness, noting that over 50 percent of educational institutions in Indonesia are exposed to more than one disaster threat.
"The ministry aims for 80 percent of local governments to have disaster-resilient regulations in place by 2029, with 75 percent of students trained in disaster preparedness," he stated.
He also called on all stakeholders - including education offices, school principals, and teachers - to start integrating disaster education into the curriculum through both classroom learning and extracurricular activities.
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Translator: Hana Dewi, Raka Adji
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