The Bandung city government in West Java is limiting face-to-face schooling to 50 percent of the class capacity in response to a rise in COVID-19 cases.
The policy was set forth in the Bandung Mayor’s Regulation No. 13 of 2022 on the fifth round of amendment to the Bandung Mayor’s Regulation No. 103 of 2021, Secretary of the Bandung City Administration Ema Sumarna said here on Sunday.
“We must anticipate and adjust to this. But in case of escalation (in COVID-19 spread) that we do not expect it is possible to amend the regulation again,” he said.
The policy to limit face-to-face learning is contained in Article 6 of the Bandung Mayor’s Regulation No. 13 of 2022 under which face-to-face schooling can be held at a maximum of 50 percent of the class capacity.
The head of the Bandung City Education Office will later decide the number of schools allowed to hold 50-percent face-to-face schooling at 50 percent of the class capacity. Earlier, 350 schools were allowed to hold 100 percent face-to-face schooling.
The regulation also allow schools that cannot hold face-to-face class to implement remote learning.
Ema said the policy is designed to stay alert for the recent increase in COVID-19 cases.
The COVID-19 cases in Bandung can increase ten folds in one week unless necessary steps are taken, he said.
Source: Antara News