Universitas Diponegoro keeps updating the case development of the new variant of the Omicron Covid-19 case, especially in the Semarang area. Undip will continue to prioritize conditional and gradual principles, which means referring to the Joint Decree of the Minister of Education and Culture, Minister of Religion, Minister of Health, and Minister of Home Affairs regarding Guidelines for Implementation of Learning in the 2019 Coronavirus Disease (Covid-19) Pandemic, obtaining permission from the local government / Covid-19 Task Force, obtaining permission from students’ parents, and having been declared negative for Covid-19 or having been vaccinated. Meanwhile, the Guidelines for the Implementation of Learning in the Even Semester of the 2021/2022 Academic Year are in accordance with the Circular Letter Number 4 of 2022.

Undip provides the principles of learning policies in the even semester of the 2021/2022 academic year which are carried out, first with online lectures. Lectures are carried out online, all lecture participants take them online.

Second, Hybrid (H) – Hybrid Offline (HL) lectures are carried out with the provisions, among others, to apply health protocols for those present in the class by measuring body temperature, washing hands with water and soap or hand sanitiser, wearing masks and maintaining a minimum distance of 1,6 meters. Lecturers are required to be present in class and students can attend offline or online, the number of courses for each study program carried out in a hybrid method is a maximum of 5 courses with a maximum parallel class of 2 classes for the same course, students taking hybrid courses offline are required to specifically register for offline lectures, while those who take online hybrid lectures are excluded. And the number of offline participants in the offline hybrid class is a maximum of 30% of the normal class capacity.

Third, offline lectures (L) are carried out with the conditions of courses and activities to be carried out including practicum courses and the one that is contained in the courses, per session with a maximum of 50% of the number of participants or according to conditions; final project consultation; job training; final project exams and library services as well as student service administration; courses that are conducted offline, students and lecturers are present in class; applying health protocols and requirements for students who carry out activities on campus, namely in good health and include evidence of having carried out an antigen test at the time of registration for study and obtaining parental permission for students under 21 years old; having received 2-stage vaccination (for double-dose vaccination), or 1-stage (for single-dose vaccination); ID Card of domicile in the agglomeration area; students from outside the agglomeration are required to have stayed in Semarang/agglomeration area for at least 1 month by showing a certificate from the local official (RT/RW); willing to take randomized testing with antigen test or PCR; and has been registered on the PeduliLindung application.

Fourth, lectures for foreign students with the provisions that all lectures are conducted online; for foreign students who have been in Indonesia for at least 3 months can take the practicum and final project offline; specifically for Developing Country Partnership (KNB) students or other programs sponsored by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology (Kemdikbudristek) and partner funding sources can come to Undip by following the provisions of the Ministry of Education and Culture; and all costs incurred as a result of lectures belong to each student.

Other provisions include limited face-to-face lectures carried out through student SSO, the application of limited face-to-face lectures must prioritize the health and safety of campus residents (students, lecturers, staff) and the surrounding community. (Lin-Humas)

Source: undip.ac.id