Jakarta will continue in-person learning with only 50 percent of occupancy allowed an adjustment from the previous 100 percent.
The prototype calls for learning thats based on students competency and allows more character development.
Two to five personnel will be present in each school.
In-person learning will not automatically solve learning loss that may occur from continuous online learning.
Deputy governor Ahmad Riza Patria said the detected cases have yet to affect learning activity at other schools in the capital.
Solo mayor Gibran Rakabuming Raka confirmed that plan will start next week, and it will be done gradually and start with students in the ninth grade.
The test will be done in 10 percent of total schools in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19 Omicron variant.
The policy is in accordance with Joint Ministerial Decree (SKB) of Four Ministers on learning activities during COVID-19 pandemic.
Indonesia has started vaccinating children aged six to 11 on Tuesday, December 14, but only a handful of provinces have been allowed to roll out the vaccination.
Recent report shows that Indonesia was ranked eightieth in a global English Proficiency Index, decreasing down to six place compared to last years position.
Amid ongoing battle with poor infrastructures and facilities, teachers in the more rural regions in Indonesia continue to struggle to deliver quality education, including in Simeulue Island, Aceh.
Two students in North Tapanuli, North Sumatra, are forced to move down one grade in school after the parents of the siblings refused to vote principal's husband in the village head election.
