Government Capabilities to Guarantee the Sustainability of Education in Indonesia During the Covid-19 Pandemic Period

Abstract

—One of the important issues that have become the public spotlight during the Covid-19 pandemic is the sustainability of the education process. The learning pattern at school has changed to learning from home. The policy of learning from home coerce the government, teachers, students, parents, and all parties to be able to survive to ensure the continuity of education. Various problems such as threats of dropping out of school; risk of "learning loss"; learning achievement gap; learning support infrastructure; the mentality of teachers, students, and parents is big problem that haunts the continued education of the Indonesian nation during the Covid-19 pandemic. An important finding from this research is the need for collaboration and contributions from various stakeholders such as students in supporting policies issued by the government.