Four non-Negotiable Requirements to Reopen Schools

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Menteri Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, Nadiem Makarim telekonferensi dalam sambutannya dalam Peringatan Hari Pendidikan Nasional Tahun 2020 yang dilakukan secara terpusat dan terbatas secara daring di halaman kantor Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, Jakarta, Sabtu (2/5/2020).

JAKARTA, KOMPAS — The government has decided to reopen schools in regencies and cities considered COVID-19 green zones. Schools that are allowed to organize in-person learning will start gradually with high schools, middle schools and elementary schools.

"We haven’t revised the academic calendar. The new school year, 2020 to 2021, will begin around mid-July 2020," said Education and Culture Minister Nadiem Anwar Makarim in a virtual press conference titled "A Guide to Organizing Learning in the Academic Year and New Academic Year During the COVID-19 Pandemic Period". The guide was a joint effort by the Education and Culture Ministry, the Religious Affairs Ministry, the Health Ministry and the Home Affairs Ministry and was shared on Monday afternoon (15/06/2020) in Jakarta.