Kualitas Udara Tidak Sehat, Sekolah di Kota Padang Terapkan Pembelajaran Jarak Jauh

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• • Schools under Padang City Education and Culture Agency implemented distance learning due to unhealthy air quality from forest and land fire haze.
• • Distance learning applies to all public and private PAUD/TK, SD, and SMP schools across Padang City.
• • Policy regulated by Education Agency Head Circular Letter Number 400.3/1/SE/DKPS-PDG/2026.
• • Distance learning period set for three days, 9-11 September 2026.
• • Padang City Education Agency Head Yopi Krislova stated air quality condition was very poor.
• • Agency will conduct evaluation during the three-day period to decide on in-person learning resumption.
• • Students required to stay home and wear masks when going out outside study hours.
• • SD 48 Kuranji in Kuranji Sub-district had 465 students and 31 teachers and education staff.
• • Teachers at SD 48 Kuranji assigned tasks to students via class WhatsApp groups following daily schedules.
• • SMP 41 Padang in Gunung Sarik Sub-district had 417 students and 40 teachers and education staff.
• • SMP 41 Padang received the circular letter on Tuesday evening, 8 September 2026, and notified students around dawn on Wednesday.
• • Students at SMP 41 Padang completed assignments during class hours and submitted photo evidence at session end.
• • Teacher active participation in online learning counted as student attendance.
• • Both schools planned to start Zoom teleconference classes the following day due to sudden implementation.
• • Circular letter instructed teachers to deliver material proportionally without burdening students.