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August 16, 2020

Jakarta Post - August 16, 2020

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – Amid the slew of technological and financial limitations that come with online learning, several local communities across Java have taken it upon themselv

August 15, 2020

Jakarta Post - August 15, 2020

Jakarta – A total of 167,653 students have made it into the 85 state universities across the country after passing the 2020 state university entrance test (SBMPTN), as announced on Fri

August 14, 2020

Jakarta Globe - August 14, 2020

Lona Olavia & Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Students and teachers will soon receive an internet subsidy for their online classes for the next four months, according to Communicatio

August 13, 2020

Jakarta Post - August 13, 2020

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – The Indonesian education sector – a core element of national development – has overcome numerous challenges over the years, but nothing had prepared it fo

August 12, 2020

Coconuts Jakarta - August 12, 2020

New potential COVID-19 clusters have reportedly been identified following the central government's decision to allow schools located in relatively low-risk areas to reopen.

August 11, 2020

Jakarta Post - August 11, 2020

Jakarta – People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) speaker Bambang Soesatyo has urged the Education and Culture Ministry to reassess its decision to allow the reopening of schools in regio

Jakarta Post - August 11, 2020

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – The government's decision to allow more schools to reopen has drawn strong criticism from pediatricians and teachers who have been calling for schools t

August 8, 2020

Jakarta Globe - August 8, 2020

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – After months of the shutdown, schools in Covid-19 low-risk areas or "yellow zones" will reopen for face-to-face learning under strict health protocols.

August 4, 2020

Tempo - August 4, 2020

Rafi Abiyyu, Jakarta – Member of the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM), Choirul Anam, said his side was still examining the report against Education and Culture Minister

August 3, 2020

Jakarta Post - August 3, 2020

Jakarta – The government plans to roll out a new education scheme that will simplify the curriculum and address existing hindrances to remote learning, which has been in place because

July 31, 2020

The Portugal News - July 31, 2020

The Timorese government is evaluating options to allow Portuguese teachers who left the country in April, due to the Covid-19, to return to Timor-Leste, the deputy prime minister told

July 29, 2020

Jakarta Post - July 29, 2020

Jakarta – Dozens of cities and regencies in the country have violated regulations on reopening schools by neglecting the requisite health protocols or re-operating in areas with a high

July 28, 2020

Jakarta Post - July 28, 2020

Jakarta – National COVID-19 task force head Doni Monardo said on Monday that the government would allow the reopening of schools outside green zones, areas with the lowest risk of COVI

Jakarta Post - July 28, 2020

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The majority of Indonesians want the government to reopen schools and colleges, a recent poll by Cyrus Network has suggested, despite the COVID-19 pandemic sho

July 25, 2020

Radio New Zealand - July 25, 2020

Jonathan Mitchell – Two new training centres have opened in Timor-Leste to help locals gain trade skills, as the country remembers a fallen New Zealand soldier.

Jakarta Post - July 25, 2020

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Education and Culture Minister Nadiem Makarim has come under fire after several organizations voiced their concerns over the involvement of private enterprises

July 24, 2020

Jakarta Post - July 24, 2020

Jakarta – In an incident that highlights how the pandemic has heightened economic disparities, a woman in Jombang, East Java, has resorted to selling her goat in order to buy a mobile

July 22, 2020

Jakarta Post - July 22, 2020

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – As four junior high schoolers waded across a fast flowing river on their way to school, they struggled to keep their balance against the force of the cu

July 20, 2020

Jakarta Post - July 20, 2020

Jakarta – All schools in Pariaman, West Sumatra closed their doors again and returned to online instruction on Monday after two staff members of a school in the city tested positive fo

July 19, 2020

Jakarta Post - July 19, 2020

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – For the past four months, more than 60 million students across the nation have been forced to study from home during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jakarta Post - July 19, 2020

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – While online learning is expected to become the new norm in schools during the COVID-19 pandemic, students in East Seram regency in Maluku are still struggling

July 18, 2020

Jakarta Post - July 18, 2020

Jakarta – Sixty-four principals of state junior high schools in Riau's Indragiri Hulu regency have resigned following the Education and Culture Ministry's recent regulation allowing sc

July 17, 2020

Jakarta Post - July 17, 2020

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration ended its public school enrollment period last week, but its effects are still felt among underprivileged students and their financia

Jakarta Post - July 17, 2020

Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – Indonesia could see a decline in the quality of new teachers, as the government's recent cancellation of civil service entrance exams could result in a h

Jakarta Post - July 17, 2020

Jakarta – The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) has urged regional administrations to set up preventive measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 in schools as students start to return to their

July 15, 2020

Jakarta Post - July 15, 2020

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The government plans to start in-person training courses in August under its preemployment card program, despite the daily surge in new COVID-19 case

July 14, 2020

Tempo - July 14, 2020

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – The Religious Affairs Ministry introduced a program dubbed Kita Cinta Papua or We Love Papua as an effort to build a bridge of solidarity from the country's west

July 13, 2020

Jakarta Post - July 13, 2020

Djemi Amnifu, Fadli and Apriadi Gunawan, Medan/Kupang – After months of studying from home, students in several parts of the archipelago returned to school on Monday in accordance with

July 10, 2020

Jakarta Post - July 10, 2020

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The government on Wednesday issued a new regulation for its flagship incentivized training program to close loopholes in the previous regulation that

July 9, 2020

Jakarta Post - July 9, 2020

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – Government announced on Wednesday that it would expand its Indonesia Smart Card (KIP) program to provide financial assistance to more university student

July 5, 2020

Jakarta Post - July 5, 2020

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has touted online courses as the default mode of learning for many university students as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has

Jakarta Post - July 5, 2020

Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – Australian resident Joel Backwell, 39, experienced what most Indonesian students go through when he studied art law for a year at Gadjah Mada University

July 2, 2020

Jakarta Post - July 2, 2020

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – A student from the National University (UNAS) in South Jakarta has been reported to the police after protesting against the university's fee discount policy ea

CNN Indonesia - July 2, 2020

Jakarta – Hundreds of students from the Jakarta United Student Movement (GMJB) Alliance held a demonstration in front of the Ministry of Education and Culture (Kemendikbud) building on

June 30, 2020

Jakarta Post - June 30, 2020

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – Age is more than just a number for aspiring high school students in Jakarta.

June 27, 2020

Tempo - June 27, 2020

Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – An epidemiologist at the University of Indonesia, Tri Yunis Miko Wahyono, reminded the government to slow down in opening the schools at the new normal period.

June 25, 2020

Jakarta Post - June 25, 2020

Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – Private universities, teachers and students are urging the government to step up its education policies, criticizing its latest financial assistance as i

Jakarta Post - June 25, 2020

Apriza Pinandita, Jakarta – Members of the Indonesian diaspora, particularly in academia, have called on the government to boost its engagement with academics abroad by rolling out a m

June 20, 2020

Jakarta Post - June 20, 2020

Nina A. Loasana and Ni Nyoman Wira, Jakarta – A decision made by the Education and Culture Ministry to collaborate with streaming platform Netflix has been met with criticism.

June 18, 2020

Jakarta Post - June 18, 2020

Made Anthony Iswara and Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – Tody Yusuf, 35, said he became worried upon hearing that his child's kindergarten in East Lampung may soon reopen.

June 16, 2020

Jakarta Post - June 16, 2020

Nina Loasana, Jakarta – The Education and Culture Ministry has announced that the country will allow phased reopening of schools located in COVID-19 low-risk areas, or "green zones", s

Jakarta Post - June 16, 2020

Apriza Pinandita, Jakarta – More than half of schools across the country say they are not ready to resume face-to-face learning in the so-called "new normal" period due to a lack of in

June 12, 2020

Agence France-Presse - June 12, 2020

Agnes Anya, Magelang – Teacher Henrikus Suroto vowed his students wouldn't be cheated out of their education when the global pandemic forced schools to be closed in Indonesia's remote

June 11, 2020

Jakarta Post - June 11, 2020

Jakarta – Vice President Ma'ruf Amin has instructed his subordinates to draw up a list of pesantren (Islamic boarding schools) to receive financial assistance from the government durin

June 10, 2020

Jakarta Post - June 10, 2020

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – Yogyakarta-based Gadjah Mada University (UGM) has joined the ranks of the world's top 300 universities, moving up 66 places to land in 254th position on the 20

June 9, 2020

Jakarta Post - June 9, 2020

Made Anthony Iswara and Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – Wearing a black-and-gray scarf as a face mask, teacher Fransiskus Xaverius Faimau, 37, in North Central Timor regency, East Nusa

June 6, 2020

Jakarta Globe - June 6, 2020

Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – The government plans to start the new academic year normally in July, but classes may reopen at a later time due to national health crisis caused by the coron

June 4, 2020

Jakarta Post - June 4, 2020

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – Students nationwide have written an open letter to urge Education and Culture Minister Nadiem Makarim to reduce the Single Tuition Fee (UKT) for universit