Day: December 9, 2021

Bandung Mayor Oded M. Danial expressed concern over acts of rape committed by a teacher on 12 female students in Bandung, West Java.

Danial condemned the actions of the teacher, identified by his initials as HW, 36. The mayor expects a fair decision to be reached through the judicial process.

“I was shocked to hear the news. Hopefully, the judges would give a verdict that offers a sense of justice to the rape victims and their families,” the mayor noted in Bandung, West Java, on Thursday.

Danial opined that a teacher must be a role model for his students.

The perpetrator, HW, is sentenced to 20 years in prison. The Prosecutor’s Office affirmed that HW had committed such acts from 2016 to early 2021.

Acting assistant for general crimes at the West Java Prosecutor’s Office, Riyono, stated that HW was then a defendant, as he had undergone a trial process. The defendant was charged under Article 81 of the Child Protection Law.

“The sentence is (supposedly) 15 years, but there is more to it, given that the perpetrator is an educator. (Hence), the sentence (becomes) 20 years,” Riyono emphasized.

Head of the legal information section at West Java’s High Prosecutor’s Office, Dodi Gazali, remarked that the teacher committed the criminal acts at various places. HW is suspected of using coercion along with threats of violence and allegedly luring the victims with gifts.

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The Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology has encouraged all parties to accelerate the implementation of 100 percent face-to-face learning, an official from the ministry has said.

“We encourage various parties to accelerate the implementation of face-to-face learning, not limited but fully,” the ministry’s Director General of Early Childhood, Primary and Secondary Education, Jumeri, said at an online press conference on Thursday.

According to him, the implementation of full face-to-face learning is necessary to prevent a decline in children’s learning outcomes, which the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic could cause.

The pandemic could also lead to children dropping out of school, entering into an early marriage, suffering domestic violence, or it could even reduce their competitiveness, he added.

Currently, many children have dropped out of school, the number of students in early childhood education schools (PAUD) has also decreased amid the pandemic, he said.

The pandemic can also cause boredom among children, he added and called for efforts to overcome the situation.

He suggested that children be encouraged to exercise in a bid to maintain and improve their physical and mental health.

“Amid the pandemic, we must pay more attention to children’s health, both physically and mentally. One of the activities that we can do to overcome this boredom problem is exercise, which can positively impact children’s physical and mental health,” he remarked.

In addition, children also need adequate nutritional intake, he said. There are several nutritious foods that children can consume, such as vegetables, meat, egg, and fish, he added.

He also reminded that people must comply with the health protocols that include wearing masks, washing hands, maintaining social distance, reducing mobility, and avoiding crowds amid the pandemic.

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West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil has condemned the child rape case in an Islamic boarding school (pesantren) in Cibiru, Bandung City, West Java, and expressed hope that the rapist would be meted out severe punishment.

In the rape case involving the owner of the pesantren, HW, and several victims, who were students of the boarding school, the acts occurred from 2016 to 2021, and some of the victims had gotten pregnant.

HW is currently undergoing legal proceedings in court, and his school has been shut down.

“Hopefully, the court would be able to punish this savage and immoral perpetrator by slapping as many articles as possible on him,” Kamil noted in his official statement, Thursday.

The governor urged law enforcement officials to hand out severe punishment to the perpetrator.

The governor ensured that the Women’s Empowerment, Child Protection and Family Planning (DP3AKB) Office of West Java Province is providing assistance to all the victims.

“Female students, who fell victims, have been and are being taken care of by the West Java provincial DP3AKB team for trauma healing, and currently, we are preparing a new education pattern according to their rights to grow and develop,” the governor explained.

He called on all educational institutions and pesantren forums to give special attention to the sexual violence case.

He also called on village officials to always monitor all public activities in their respective area.

“Parents are urged to always monitor their children’s educational situation in boarding schools, so they could get up-to-date information of their children’s activities,” he noted.

“I hope this case would not happen again, and justice can be delivered in court in connection with this case,” he affirmed.

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The Education, Culture, Research, and Technology Ministry is ready to disburse additional Internet quota assistance to teachers and students in December 2021 to support the combined face-to-face and long-distance learning.

Education, Culture, Research, and Technology Minister Nadiem Anwar Makarim made the remarks in a written statement issued here on Thursday.

The provision of the assistance is also due to the enforcement of community activity restrictions (PPKM) regulated by the Instruction of Home Affairs Minister, which has limited face-to-face learning with strict health protocols, he said.

The quota will be distributed in stages from December 11 to December 15, 2021, and will be valid for 30 days once received, he added.

Furthermore, early childhood education students will get three gigabytes, while elementary and secondary education students will receive a quota of four gigabytes per month, he informed.

“In addition, for teachers, college students, and lecturers, they will get five gigabytes,” he said.

However, the unused quota will not be carried forward to the next month, he added.

“Please use it optimally to access learning materials on the ‘Rumah Belajar’ (means House of Learning) website or other educational channels,” he said.

The assistance distribution is regulated in the ministry’s Secretary General Regulation Number 4/2021 on Technical Guidelines for Distribution of Government Assistance of Internet Quota in 2021.

Head of the Center for Data and Information Technology, M. Hasan Chabibie, informed that the mobile numbers updated and accounted for in November 2021 will also automatically receive the assistance in December 2021.

The quota can be used to access all websites and apps except those which are blocked by the Communication and Information Ministry and listed on the website of the Education, Culture, Research, and Technology Ministry (http://kuota-learning. kemdikbud.go.id), he added.

Source: Antara News