State distance learning plan fails to account for poor, disconnected students
(WorldNews Indonesia)

Shares Gemma Holliani Cahya /Jakarta The government’s plan to fund schoolchildren’s access to the internet in support of online-based learning has spotlighted the social gaps that children living in poverty and in remote areas must face, experts have said. Education and Culture Minister Nadiem Makarim announced on Thursday that the state would allocate Rp 7.2 trillion (US$ 532 million) in mobile phone credits and mobile data packages to support distance learning methods for the nation’s students and teachers, at a time when the pandemic has all but canceled face-to-face interactions across the country. Read also: Teachers, parents fret over health risks as schools prepare...