The impact of Corona Virus on Education in Indonesia
The impact of
corona virus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic is now starting to spread to the
world of education. This is done as an effort to prevent the spread of Covid-19
transmission. It is expected that all educational institutions do not carry out
activities as usual; this can reduce the spread of Covid-19. The same has been
done by various countries exposed to this disease, lockdown or quarantine
policies carried out in an effort to reduce the interaction of many people who
can provide access to the spread of Covid-19.
The spread of
Covid-19 has a huge effect on the fading economy, but now the impact is being
felt by the world of education. Policies taken by many countries including
Indonesia by dismissing all educational activities make the government and
related institutions must present alternative educational processes for
students and students who are unable to carry out the educational process in
educational institutions.
In Indonesia,
the number of Covid-19 positive patients per week (29/3), increased to 1285
people (covid19.go.id). A total of 114 of them died, and 64 were declared
cured. The cases came from DKI Jakarta (675), West Java (149), Banten (106),
East Java (90), Central Java (63), South Sulawesi (47), DIY (22), East
Kalimantan (17), Bali (10), Papua (9), North Sumatra (8), West Kalimantan (8),
Kalimantan Central (7), Riau Islands (5), Lampung (4), Southeast Sulawesi (3),
Riau (2), South Sumatra (2), NTB (2), North Kalimantan (2), North Sulawesi (2),
Central Sulawesi (2), West Papua (2), Jambi (1), South Kalimantan (1), West
covid19.go.id Sulawesi (1), Maluku
Based on data
obtained from UNESCO, more than 160 countries have implemented national
closures, affecting more than half the world's student population. The latest
statistics from UNESCO (03/25/2020) state that 1,524,648,768 students were
affected by the covid-19 virus out of 87.1% of the total students who enrolled.
So far India and China have the largest number of students affected by the
covid-19 virus, namely more than 270 million students, and in Indonesia as of
Wednesday (25/3) as many as 68,265,787 students affected by Covid-19 (UNESCO,
2020). While other countries, 165 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle
East, North America, and South America have announced or imposed restrictions
on school and university learning. UNESCO provides direct support to countries,
including solutions for inclusive distance learning. UNESCO together with each
country work together to ensure continuity of learning for everyone, especially
disadvantaged children and adolescents who are likely to be hardest hit by
school closures (UNESCO, 2020).
The total
number of potentially at-risk students from pre-primary to high school
education was 577,305,660. On the other hand, the number of students potentially
at risk from higher education is 86,034,287 people (Nugroho, 2020). Currently
in Indonesia, some universities began to implement policies of teaching and
learning activities from a distance or online lectures. This is actually not a
problem for universities that already have an online academic system. But it
will be a problem for colleges that don't yet have an online academic system.
The Ministry of
Education and Culture (Kemendikbud) is currently based on official information,
ready with all scenarios including the application of cooperation to encourage
online learning for students. In an effort to keep students learning at home,
MOEC has prepared a number of support to smooth the process. They developed an
android-based distance learning app: "Learning House portal"
(Kemdikbud, 2020). This portal can be accessed on the learning.kemdikbud.go.id.
Some of the excellent features that can be accessed by students and teachers
include learning resources, digital classes, virtual laboratories, and question
banks. Learning centers can be utilized by students and teachers of Early
Childhood Education, Elementary, Junior High, High School or Vocational School
or equivalent.
Currently based
on information that MOEC has joined seven online learning platforms namely
Smart Classroom, Quipper, Google Indonesia, Sekolahmu, Zenius, and Microsoft.
Each platform will provide publicly accessible and free facilities. Several
online learning platforms that students and teachers can access to improve
learning resources include Google Indonesia, Sekolahmu, Kelas Pintar, Zenius,
Quipper, and Microsoft.
Pandemic covid-19 is a tough test for all nations, testing the ability of all nations to be able to take wisdom by constantly trying and trying to find solutions to every problem. As a great nation, Indonesia must be able to overcome all problems. This is proven that Indonesia is ready with all possibilities, with the birth of technology created by the nation’s children to provide online education service.
