UNS — The Academic Senate of Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS) Surakarta held a webinar on Prevention Strategy for Covid-19 Cluster from Face-to-Face Class Session, offline and online from UNS Inn and Zoom Cloud Meeting on Saturday (12/3/2022). The webinar is also a part of the UNS 46th Anniversary celebration this year.
In his opening remark, the Rector of UNS, Prof. Jamal Wiwoho, stated that the pandemic had caused great changes in the social, economic, cultural, and security sectors. The education sector was also forced to change its face-to-face learning method to an online method, including the university that quickly adjusted to the new norms. “Slowly but surely, the university could adjust itself,” the Rector stated. He also added that the current development has also brought a change in which the Four Ministerial Decree required all regions under level 1-3 in the national pandemic handling scale to hold a limited face-to-face class session, to which UNS responded promptly.
“This is proved by our campus has tried to hold offline learning process,” Prof. Jamal added.
The conditional and gradual offline learning session was implemented on 6 September 2021 by requiring all related parties to obey health protocols and limiting the capacity of classrooms. The learning process was implemented under a blended learning system considering the limitation in classroom capacity available for students to attend their classes offline. The Rector also explained that the university continuously discusses the current pandemic condition with the municipal government to ensure when offline class is safe and when the class needs to go back online.
Prof. Jamal also appreciated the webinar and shared UNS achievements, and thanked all SA UNS members for their support for the university. The speakers invited to the webinar are the Chairman of SA UNS, Prof. Dr. Adi Sulistiyono, S.H., M.H.; Dean of Faculty of Medical Science (FK) UNS, Prof. Dr. Reviono, dr., Sp.P(K); and Faculty Member of Faculty of Medical Science, Community Health, and Nursing (FK-KMK) Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), Dr. dr. Ida Safitri Laksanawati, Sp.A(K). The Secretary of SA UNS, Prof. Ir. Ari Handono Ramelan, M.Sc.(Hons), Ph.D. acted as the moderator for the webinar. Humas UNS
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