HumasUPNVJ - In accordance with Press Release Number: 064/Sipres/A6/III/2020 Minister of Education and Culture (Mendikbud) Nadiem Anwar Makarim appealed to learning activities both in schools and tertiary institutions in areas affected by Coronavirus Disease (Covid-19) to be carried out in home or residence. Educators and education staff also do not need to come to school or campus for a while. The learning process or the completion of administrative matters can continue to run by utilizing technology. The Jakarta Veterans National Development University (UPNVJ) also issued Circular Number: 23/UN61.0/SE/2020 concerning Measures to prevent the spread of the corona virus (covid-19) in the UPNVJ environment. One of the policies conveyed in the circular letter is to change face-to-face lectures to distance learning (PJJ).

The change from face-to-face lectures to distance lectures has been implemented by UPNVJ from last Monday, March 16 to March 21 2020 as a trial phase, then March 23 2020 fully holding PJJ until the deadline to be set later in accordance with government directives.

As long as UPNVJ students carry out Distance Learning (PJJ), many parties support them, one of them is from Telkomsel. Reporting from telkomsel.com/ , Jakarta, March 17 2020 Telkomsel has also proactively taken part in mutual cooperation and solidarity efforts in helping all elements of Indonesian society to face challenges related to the spread of Corona Virus Disease (Covid-19) in all sectors of life. Following the call by the President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo to prioritize online interaction as an effort to limit the spread of Covid-19, Telkomsel is collaborating with several e-learning applications to present the 30GB Ilmupedia Free Access Package free of charge for all students in Indonesia to help them carry out remote independent learning activities by comfortable.

President Director of Telkomsel Setyanto Hantoro said, "As a leading telco digital company , Telkomsel is proactive in participating in efforts to deal with Covid-19 by taking on the role of a connectivity enabler by optimizing our assets to keep all elements of society connected and maintaining productivity in all sectors. life. However, Telkomsel does not walk alone, we also interpret the spirit of mutual cooperation that is encouraged by the government by joining hands and strengthening collaboration with stakeholders so that we can all move forward in this challenging time."

Setyanto then explained, "In the education sector, following President Jokowi's call to encourage the learning process from home for students and students, Telkomsel together with the e-learning applications Quipper, Zenius, Cakap, and Bahaso are presenting the Ilmupedia Free Access Package, in order to provide freedom for students. to access all of these e-learning applications free of charge. This effort is a form of our mutual cooperation to facilitate access to learning for students, teachers and parents, because we understand that the learning process must be maintained even in difficult times like this.”

In this solidarity initiative, Telkomsel presents an Ilmupedia package containing 30GB of data quota free of charge for Telkomsel prepaid and postpaid customers to access Quipper, Zenius, Cakap and Bahaso online learning platforms for 30 days from the date of activation, with terms and conditions applied. This package can be activated by customers through the MyTelkomsel application starting March 17 2020, and will soon be available on the LinkAja application. Further information can be accessed at https://www.telkomsel.com/paket-ilmupedia .

As one of the steps to anticipate a surge in data traffic as a result of the use of the internet to support distance learning activities, Telkomsel itself has prepared additional network capacity in a number of areas that apply a distance learning system. Apart from that, Telkomsel has also carried out network security in residential areas and Covid-19 response points, such as hospitals and related government offices. Complete information regarding Telkomsel's handling steps regarding Covid-19 can be accessed at https://www.telkomsel.com/telkomsel-tangkat-covid19 .