DPPAD : Pembelajaran Jarak Jauh di Wilayah Tanpa Internet Gunakan Radio dan Buku

Dinas Pendidikan, Perpustakaan dan Arsip Daerah (DPPAD) Provinsi Papua bakal menggandeng radio lokal untuk mendukung sistem pembelajaran jarak jauh, di wilayah distrik maupun perkampungan yang tak memiliki akses internet.

Hal itu disampaikan Kepala Bidang Pendidikan Khusus Dinas Pendidikan Papua, Laurens Wantik di Jayapura, Selasa (8/9/2020).

Ia katakan, DPPAD Papua juga tengah mendorong pendistribusian ribuan perangkat radio dan buku pelajaran bagi siswa maupun siswi yang berdomisili di daerah tanpa akses internet.

Kolaborasi pengiriman pengiriman perangkat radio dan buku juga sementara dilakukan bersama World Vision Indonesia (WVI).

Kendati demikian, pihaknya mendorong para pihak lainnya di Papua agar dapat berpartisipasi membantu pemerintah, memenuhi kebutuhan siswa di seluruh bumi cenderawasih terhadap kebutuhan perangkat radio maupun buku untuk pembelajaran jarak jauh.

“Agar di masa pandemi Covid, seluruh siswa di daerah pedalaman Papua, dapat tetap menikmati materi pembelajaran yang sama seperti di wilayah perkotaan,”tegasnya.

Gubernur Papua Lukas Enembe, sebelumnya mendorong pembangunan fasilitas Palapa Ring hingga mengcover wilayah distrik atau kecamatan.

Hal tersebut, agar para siswa di pedalaman bisa menikmati kuota internet gratis lewat sistem pembelajaran jarak jauh yang saat ini gencar digalakkan pemerintah, akibat mewabahnya virus corona.

“Saat ini internet Telkomsel dengan menggunakan Palapa Ring baru mengcover wilayah ibukota kabupaten”.

“Untuk itu, kita mau dorong supaya Palapa Ring ini masuk ke distrik-distrik. Supaya anak-anak kita yang sebelumnya tidak memiliki jaringan internet, bisa segera menikmati fasilitas (internet lewat sistem) pembelajaran jarak jauh,” pungkasnya.

The Regional Education, Library and Archives Office (DPPAD) of Papua Province will work with local radio to support distance learning systems, in districts and villages that do not have internet access.

This was conveyed by the Head of Special Education of the Papuan Education Office, Laurens Wantik in Jayapura, Tuesday (8/9/2020).

He said DPPAD Papua is also encouraging the distribution of thousands of radio devices and textbooks for students who live in No Internet Access areas.

The collaboration on sending radio devices and books is also temporarily conducted with World Vision Indonesia (WVI).

Nevertheless, it encourages others in Papua to participate in helping the government, meeting the needs of students all over the land of Cenderawasih for the needs of radio devices and books for distance learning.

"In order to be in the time of the Covid pandemic, all students in Papua, they can still enjoy the same learning materials as in urban areas," he said.

Papua Governor Lukas Enembe, previously encouraged the construction of Palapa Ring facilities to cover districts or sub-districts.

This is so that students in the interior can enjoy free internet quota through the distance learning system that is currently encouraged by the government, due to the outbreak of coronavirus.

"Currently, Telkomsel internet using Palapa Ring new covers the district capital area".

"For that, we want to encourage this Palapa Ring to enter the districts. So that our children, who previously did not have an internet network, can immediately enjoy the facilities (internet through the system) of distance learning," he concluded.