STRATEGIES AND POLICIES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF INDONESIA IN THE EDUCATION SECTOR DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC CRISIS

Abstract

The purpose of writing an article entitled Strategy and Policy of the Indonesian Government in the Education Sector in the Crisis Period of the Covid-19 Pandemic is to find out how the Indonesian government's strategies and policies in the field of education are facing the Covid-19 Pandemic. In the field of education, a student no longer has to be present in the classroom to get an education and the teaching and learning process can be done anywhere. Online learning has become the new prima donna where many schools and universities are forced to carry out learning using telecommunication networks and internet access. This is due to the development of technology and communication that does not recognize space and time. The method used in writing this article is descriptive analysis, where this article tries to interpret and describe the existing data and the existing situation so that it can describe the characteristics and relationships between objects. In the end, the strategies and policies implemented by the Government of Indonesia during this pandemic are new and have never been implemented before. This policy or what the Indonesian government calls the Freedom to Learn follows the Regulation of the Minister of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia Number 3 of 2020 concerning National Standards for Higher Education, in Article 18 it is stated that the fulfillment of the study period and burden for undergraduate or applied undergraduate students can be carried out: 1) follow the entire learning process in the study program at the university according to the period and study load, and 2) follow the learning process in the study program to fulfill some of the time and learning load and the rest following the learning process outside the study program.