The Impact of Covid 19 Pandemic on Children Schooling in Denpasar.

New type of diseases that has never been identified has become pandemic in almost all parts of the world. This disease is called Corona virus Diseases 2019 (COVID-19). The spread of this disease is so devastating that on January 30, 2020 WHO established it as the health emergency of a distressing community.

Indonesia reported COVID-19 confirmation cases of 2 people on March 2, 2020 and now there are approximately 60 thousands reported. The impact of the COVID-19 Virus pandemic in Indonesia was experienced by the entire community. Kompas on March 28, 2020 reported the impact of this pandemic virus in various fields such as tourism, social, economy and education. On March 18, 2020 the government issued a Circular Letter to temporarily suspend all activities inside and outside the room in all sectors to suppress the spread of the Corona virus, especially in the field of education.

Circular number 4, 2020 was issued on March 24, 2020 to carry out the learning process at home through online learning. The closure of schools as a government policy to suppress the COVID-19 pandemic has certainly had a large impact on the world of education in Indonesia, especially the education of children in Denpasar city. By interviewing six informants (teachers, students, and parents) living in Denpasar about the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic in elementary schools, information was obtained on the description of the impact and constraints of the COVID-19 pandemic on students, teachers, and parents including costs and Change habits like the following:

The Impact on students.

Students feel forced to attend distance learning without adequate facilities and infrastructure at home. The next obstacle is students do not have a culture of distance learning because so far the learning system is implemented through face to face. The sudden closure of the school and in such a long time made students lose the opportunity to socialize with each other. They are used to being in school to interact with their friends, play and have fun with their friends and face to face with their teacher. The next impact experienced by students is that school closures are too long, making them bored.

The impact on parents.

The obstacle faced by parents is the increased cost of purchasing internet quota, online technology requires a network connection to the internet and quota so that the level of internet quota usage will increase and will increase the burden on parents spending. To do online learning for several months, of course more quota will be needed and will automatically increase the cost of purchasing internet quota. The closure of the school also adds to the burden of parents who also work from home, because besides doing their own work, they must accompany their children in completing their schoolwork. Even though the existence of a work from home system provides an opportunity for parents to get closer to their children, because they have to stay at home.

The impact on teachers.

Not all teachers are able to use internet technology or social media as a learning tool, many senior teachers are not yet able to use facilities to support online learning activities and require assistance and training.

Teacher competence in using technology can affect the quality of teaching and learning process. Therefore, prior to online learning programs are held, teachers need to be given training. Teachers cannot carry out online teaching and learning processes at home without adequate facilities and infrastructure at home, therefore schools need to prepare facilities in the form of laptops and internet quota.

The teacher does not have the habit of distance teaching  because so far the learning system applied is through face to face. Teachers are accustomed to working in schools, interacting with students, while online learning methods require time to adapt and teachers face new changes that indirectly affect the quality of learning outcomes.

School closure within a long time, causes lack of opportunities for teachers to socialize with their colleagues so they feel bored. The Pandemic COVID-19 forces  teachers to master technology to be able to carry out their work. Each school provides online learning tools and prepares technology, trainers for teachers to facilitate and improve the quality of learning. Another impact is the increased cost of purchasing internet quota. To do online learning for several months, of course more quota will be needed and will automatically increase the cost of purchasing internet quota.

Suggestions

Relevant institutions should prepare supporting facilities, competencies and training in advance for students, teachers and parents before the online learning program is implemented. Without preparation, this will have an impact on the low quality of teaching and learning outcomes. Communication between teachers and school and parents should be well established. This means that there are additional costs that must be paid by teachers, both material and non-material. Teachers' working hours are unlimited because they have to communicate and coordinate with students, parents, other teachers and school principals. Not every teacher is quick to adopt and learn technology, so for teachers who are coordinators, working hours are not limited to working days. Saturday and Sunday nights are still morally charged and responsible for preparing teachers who still need help to carry out teaching from home. Hopefully the COVID-19 pandemic passes quickly so everything can go on as before.