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n contrast to Jakarta Deputy Governor Sandiaga Uno’s statement about declaring school holidays during the Asian Games, Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has said the city administration was still undecided about the plan.

“There has not been any decision on it,” Anies said on Thursday, according to tempo.co.

Anies had earlier considered closing a number of schools in the vicinity of the Asian Games venues — the Gelora Bung Karno sports complex in Senayan, Central Jakarta, the velodrome and the equestrian center in Rawamangun and Pulo Mas, East Jakarta — to reduce traffic congestion in those areas.

However, after meeting with Asian Games Organizing Committee (INASGOC) chief Erick Thohir last week, Sandiaga said the city administration would close all schools, both private and public, in a bid to ease traffic in the capital during the Asian Games, which will be held from Aug. 18 to Sept. 2.

Jakarta Education Agency head Sopan Adrianto said the agency was ready to support the event. “Hence, we’ve decided to close not just a few schools in Jakarta, but all of them,” he said last week.

He said the closure would not disturb students’ learning hours, because the administration would shift the scheduled holiday from December to August.