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and facilities needed for the learning,
while there are so many tasks to do.
TOP REPORT Cancellation of National Exams (UN)

Since the pandemic of COVID-19
occured, some areas in Indonesia has
cancelled in school-learning activities
(KBM) including Jakarta, which can-
celled KBM since March 16th 2020.
The Governor of Jakarta Anies
Baswedan said that the decision was
made to prevent the students from
contracting the disease.
While many researches show little
data of children being infected by CO-
VID-19, they are prone to be the agent
for the virus transmissions in adults.
In fact, learning activities also need
the participations of adults: like drop-
ping and fetch up the kids to schools.
“That kind of mobility give risks for the
transmission between adults,” said
Anies.
Not only implementing home
learning method, the government
8 also cancelled the National Exama-
mination which should have been held
on March 16-19, 2020. This decision
was made for all level of education,
start from elementary level (SD), ju-
nior high level (SMP), senior high level
(SMA) and vocational high level (SMK).
The execution of national exams
in the middle of pandemic would be
very risky, given the fact that it would
be dangerous not only for the students “Online tests can be held for (All Students All Teachers) network.
but also to their families. In Jakarta, schools who have proper access of in- Those programs were made to sup-
there are around 124 thousands stu- ternet,” said the agency’s public rela- port the home learning, as well as to
dents of SMA-SMK that has already tions Sonny Juhersoni. Jakarta’s Ed- help guide parents and teachers.
been registered as UN participants. ucation agency also give remission for Head of Jakarta’s Education Agen-
As a substitute for UN, Jakarta’s schools who dont get to conduct ex- cy, Nahdiana explained that all of the
Education Agency (Disdik) issued a aminations by determining their stu- 15 programs are provided daily for
decree on the technical guideline of dents’ grades by their report cards each level of education, starts from
school examination to determine the from fifth semester. kindergarten (PAUD and TK), primary
graduation of students in grade 6, 9 schools (SD), to senior high schools
and 12. Fifteen Programs (SMA). “They have six programs for
Decree No.356/2020 about the primary level (SD), three programs
Technical Guide on The Implemen- To ensure the effectiveness and for junior level (SMP), and three pro-
tation of Students Graduation in quality of the education during PJJ grams for senior level (SMA),” said
2019/2020 mentions that the school’s period, Jakarta’s Education Agen- Nahdiana.
examination can be based on three cy provides 15 PJJ programs made All of those programs are free for
different forms, which are academic by the collaboration with Sekolahmu, teachers, parents and students by us-
portfolios, home assignments and on- educational communities and activa- ing the www.sekolah.mu platform
line tests. tors under Semua Murid Semua Guru and through Sekolahmu app, which