IDNEWSNOW.COM, Jakarta – Vice President Ma’ruf Amin said the government was still canvassing its plan to reopen schools amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ma’ruf added when schools were eventually allowed to resume activities, the reopening would be carried out in stages.
For example, he said, the capacity of students of junior and senior high schools would be limited to half its normal. Elementary schools, meanwhile, could remain closed.
“But this plan is still being reviewed, we are looking into all of the possibilities,” he said in a virtual conference with journalists on Monday, June 8, 2020.
He said the government was mulling over reopening schools in the wake of complaints against the non-optimum results of online learning and the lack of necessary digital infrastructure in regions.
Ma’ruf explained schools in COVID-19 green zones would probably reopen.
“We are preparing the protocols, and we will promote them and monitor their implementation in the field,” Ma’ruf Amin said.
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