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“One of the teachers showed symptoms of Covid-19 and was confirmed positive for the coronavirus,” Hardi said. “We then tested [Kenari School’s] faculty and staff, then found that a teacher and myself also tested positive [for Covid-19].”

He added that none of the students tested positive for Covid-19.

Jakarta has carried out the second stage trial period for face-to-face classes in 226 schools which passed the Jakarta Education Services and Covid-19 Task Force’s assessment.

However, three schools, including Kenari Elementary School, halted face-to-face classes for various reasons, ranging from their proximity to red zones, and teachers testing positive for Covid-19.

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https://go.kompas.com/read/2021/06/16/034603474/jakarta-to-continue-trial-face-to-face-classes-in-schools?page=all#page2. 

BIN: 85 Percent of Indonesian Millennials Exposed to Radicalism

The Indonesian State Intelligence Agency or BIN has disclosed the vulnerability of the country’s millennials to radical ideologies, as laid out in a recent survey by the National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT).

“The BNPT survey found that 85 percent of [Indonesian] millennials are exposed to radical [ideologies] through social media,” said BIN official Wawan Hari Purwanto on Tuesday. “Social media is an incubator and an outlet to spread radicalism.“

Wawan added that BIN focused on the issue of youth and radicalism, because they make up a ‘bonus demographic’, or substantial segment of the population, that is of working age.

Aside from radicalism, Wawan identified Papuan separatism, cyberattacks, the spread of hoaxes, and communal or sectarian conflicts as other threats to Indonesian national security.

“Cyberthreats [to Indonesia] is inevitable, as internet penetration of the population continues at a rapid pace. We highlighted cyberthreats and hoaxes as threats, because information could spread quickly and unchecked,” he reminded.

Wawan asserted that BIN also identified the Covid-19 pandemic as a potential national security threat, that “threatens public safety and hampers economic growth.

Source:

https://go.kompas.com/read/2021/06/16/063752974/bin-85-percent-of-indonesian-millennials-exposed-to-radicalism?page=all#page2.