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The government is expected to draft the country's national education blueprint, to prepare Indonesians to be part of global community members, according to Indonesian Teachers Association (PGRI) Chairperson, Unifah Rosyidi. As quoted by Antara News Agency, Rosyidi said, that the blueprint is expected to be formulated by emphasizing on a foundation that education is an endeavor to prepare students to stand among the global community members.

She noted in connection with the commemoration of Indonesia's National Education Day, May 2.The national education blueprint, supported by the PGRI, also stresses on the significance of preparing students, to become good and productive citizens by edifying them on culture and values of pluralism.The new coronavirus pandemic, currently affecting various parts of the world, has brought about a realization in the context of Indonesia's national education, specifically about teachers' role cannot be replaced by technology//ANT

Chairman of the Association of the Indonesian Tours and Travel Agencies (Asita) Budijanto Ardiansyah, requested travel and tourism agents, to sell affordable tourist packages after the Covid-19 pandemic ends. The price determination, according to Budijanto, must be coordinated between stakeholders. With competitive packages, travel agents will have better opportunities to attract tourists.

Therefore, the recovery period for the tourism sector after the Covid-19 pandemic will be relatively short. In addition to the tourism package price, Budijanto also requested the government to support businesses, by involving travel agents in organizing work meetings. By involving agents, all of the sectors involved in tourism businesses will receive benefits, such as tour guides, souvenir shops, even artists providing attractions. Therefore, informal workers in the tourism sector who had lost their income can be revived//Tempo

University of Indonesia (UI) will mass produce low-cost, pneumatic system-based local transport ventilators (COVENT-20), that cleared a production test, for the CMV and CPAP modes of ventilation at the Health Facility Security Agency (BPFK), Jakarta.

As quoted by Antara, Chief of the UI Ventilator Team Dr Basari, noted in a written statement released on Friday, that in the first stage, UI has targeted to produce one thousand ventilators in a month, to be distributed among COVID-19 referral hospitals, through collaboration aimed at raising funds from various parties, under the coordination of the Association of Alumni of the UI Technical Faculty (ILUNI FTUI).

COVENT-20 will later undergo pre-clinical animal testing, at the Indonesian Medical Education and Research Institute of the UI Medical School (IMERI FKUI), and clinical test at appointed hospitals, before being produced en masse with its industrial partner//Ant

The Indonesian Embassy in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam, facilitated the return of 98 Indonesian workers back home, in the wake of the country having suspended several international flights, to stem the spread of COVID-19.

As quoted by Antara, Indonesian Ambassador to Brunei Darussalam Sujatmiko, dispatched the workers aboard a special flight of the Royal Brunei Airlines on Friday, to return home.

Brunei Darussalam has suspended some international flights, including to and from Indonesia, since March 23 to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Sujatmiko noted that the special flight provided was emblematic of the cooperation, between the governments of Indonesia and Brunei Darussalam, and the Royal Brunei Airlines, has mirrored the government's concern on the condition of the Indonesian workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic//Ant