Entering 2020 the world is staggered by Covid 19, a highly contagious virus previously from China in December 2019. The spread of Covid 19 is rapid from one country to another and it has taken millions of lives. Not only lives, the pandemic crippled the economy and changed human activities at schools and on campuses, offices were forced to close, and activities involving many people were run online in order to hamper the spread of the virus.
Inevitably, early March 2020 the
virus was detected in Indonesia and spread to various regions in Indonesia
including Maluku. The central and local governments with health authorities are
making various efforts such as appeals, regulations and prohibitions until
healing program to reduce the spread of this viral infection. Although the Aru Islands district is
classified as a green zone, schools in the Aru archipelago are off from March 20,
2020. However, this decision only lasted a few days and further learning and teaching
reopened through online learning methods by considering the importance of
education for the young generation in the local area.
The method of learning from home
seems simple but it is actually not easy, considering the internet network in
the Aru Islands area, especially Dobo tends to be unstable and not all students
have gadgets, or some have gadgets but do not have credit to access internet.
These problems hinder the learning process, so that it really needs the support
of parents, teachers and the government. I noticed there are various things to
do by parents, such as lending gadgets to their children, students borrow the
divice from their brother or hanging out with other friends to follow online
learning. Exams become the next challenge, when exam questions are sent to
study groups, for students who do not have gadgets and who do not have internet
packages, teachers have to deliver exam questions to their places. This is not
easy because students’ homes are scattered in different regions even some are out of Dobo island. Teachers and
students agreed the time to collect the exam questions and when they had finished,
the teachers came again to take them. For students who use gadgets, and have a
data package can directly send their answers through WhatsApp or Camscanner to
the subject teacher.
On mid of July 2020, the Aru
Islands are still included a green zone so that local governments loosened
regulations and the schools could start face-to-face learning with health
protocols, by using masks, keeping distance, checking body temperature, and
washing hands before entering classes. The classes were filled only 20
students, and it is half of the classroom capacity. The situation changed again
when a patient was detected Covid 19 and the learning was done from home again.
The situation is uncertain and changeable, but everyone involved in the school activity remains vigilant so online learning is still the option. For me, Covid 19 really causes unrest, however I catch wisdom as I can improve my skills using new applications on the computer and hone teaching methods so that students will not get bored. Not only that, when driving school work to the student's house, I found a variety of unique experiences, such as getting to know and talk to the students' families, feeling the atmosphere of the student's residence and visiting new places in Dobo such as Tugu Cenderawasih, Namajala, Bambu Kuning, because I live in Gardakau. So, be sure that in every situation whether fun or troublesome, there are definitely new experiences to be found.
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