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