JARES, Vol.6 No.1 March ; p-ISSN: 2502-826X; e-ISSN: 2503-1163 Copyrights@ Balitar Islamic University, Blitar, Indonesia; https://ejournal.unisbablitar.ac.id/index.php/jares JARES (Journal of Academic Research and Sciences), (6)1, hlm.12-29. 12 THE POLEMIC OF IMPLEMENTATION NEW SCHOOL ACADEMIC YEAR IN COVID-19 PANDEMIC PERIOD ON DETIK.COM, KOMPAS.COM, AND CNNINDONESIA.COM Zainal Abidin Achmad* 1 , Yustika Aini Arrochmah 2 1 Communication Sciences Department, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Pembangunan Nasional Veteran East Java 2 Communication Sciences Department, Faculty of Da'wah and Communication, Islamic State University of Sunan Ampel Surabaya e-mail: 1 z.abidinachmad@upnjatim.ac.id, 2 yustika.aini@gmail.com ABSTRACT The Minister of Education and Culture, Nadiem Makarim, has announced the guidelines for the implementation of the new school academic year 2020, on June 15, 2020. The implementation of the new school academic year during the COVID-19 pandemic reaps many pros and cons from several groups. Many argue that the curriculum explanation in the pandemic period is not detail, and the fulfillment of the quality of education is not yet one hundred percent. Meanwhile, COVID-19 pandemic is still in the peak stage, so it is very worrying to open the school in the middle of this pandemic. This research used Robert N. Entman`s Framing Model analysis method with a qualitative approach. The subjects in this research were online media such as detik.com, kompas.com, and CNNIndonesia.com. This study aimed to describe the framing of reporting the implementation of the new school academic year 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic in online media detik.com, kompas.com, and CNNIndonesia.com, which reported the implementation of the new school academic year 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results of this study indicate that (1) Media Kompas.com, Detik.com, and CNNIndonesia.com generate public opinion movements which focus on the problem factors that hinder the implementation of the new school academic year 2020/2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic, (2) The media coverage by CNNIndonesia.com does not use elements treatment recommendation, (3) Many reports discusses the type of curriculum during the COVID-19 pandemic. Keyword: COVID-19, framing analysis, new academic year 2020, online learning 1. INTRODUCTION 2020 is quite a burdensome year for people around the world. This happened because of the emergence of the coronavirus. According to the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia, the coronavirus or called COVID-19 (Corona Virus Disease 2019) is a virus that attacks the respiratory system in humans which causes respiratory tract infections. This virus originated in the city of Wuhan, China, and then spread very quickly almost all over the world. This is what has led to a worldwide pandemic. As of June 24 th 2020, as many as 9.3 million people worldwide