Ministry of Education and Culture Establishes Post-Earthquake Emergency Class in Lombok

Educational News From Lombok After The Earthquake

The Ministry of Education and Culture (Kemendikbud) lowered the team to check the condition of schools affected by a 6.4 on the Richter scale earthquake (SR) on the island of Lombok on Sunday morning (07/29/2018). Through the Education Quality Assurance Institute (LPMP) and the Center for Early Childhood Education (PAUD and Dikmas) for the Province of West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), the team continues to ensure that learning can take place using emergency facilities. 1. Emergency classrooms "We prepare tents to become classrooms and school supplies so that learning can run. And for damaged schools, rehabilitation or revitalization will be carried out immediately by building a new school building," Minister of Education and Culture (Mendikbud) Muhadjir Effendy said. in Sumbawa Besar, NTB, Monday (07/30/2018). Reporting from the Ministry of Education and Culture's website, Muhadjir added, do not let the damage disrupt the learning process of students. For this reason the Minister of Education and Culture invited educational units to be able to carry out the solidarity movement to ease the burden on the victims.

From the LPMP team's report, schools affected by the earthquake as of 30 July 2018 were found in Belanting and Obel-obel villages, Sambelia District, East Lombok. Roof of Public Elementary School (SDN) 1 Obel-obel was badly damaged. While most of the classrooms of SDN 3 Obel-obel collapsed. 2. There were no victims from SDN 5 Blanting students after being damaged in the form of roofs and walls collapsing. Sambelia 2 Junior High School (SMPN) 2, was damaged in the form of a collapsed roof, then a part of the fence and wall collapsed. Meanwhile, it was also reported by the NTB provincial team, the condition of the Giat Dusun Medas school, Baitussahid, Al Islah, Obel-obel village, which suffered moderate damage with cracked walls and collapsed roofs. Until now there have been no reported casualties or injuries from education actors in the earthquake affected area. "We get temporary information from LPMP and BP PAUD Dikmas NTB province. Later we will convey the progress of handling," said Director General of Primary and Secondary Education (Dirjen Dikdasmen) Hamid Muhammad. Currently the Kemendikbud team, from LPMP and BP PAUD Dikmas, and the PKLK Directorate (Special Education and Special Services) are working with the local education office to ensure that post-earthquake handling can work well, he added.

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This article has been published on Kompas.com under the title "Ministry of Education and Culture Establishes Post-Earthquake Emergency Class in Lombok", https://lifestyle.kompas.com/read/2018/07/30/14511541/kemendikbud-dirikan-kelas-darurat-pascagempa-lombok .

Author: Yohanes Enggar Harususilo