Schools in Remote Regions Cannot Hold Online Classes

Online learning is impossible for students in remote regions as more than 47,000 education facilities do not have access to electricity and internet.

KOMPAS/FERGANATA INDRA RIATMOKO

Students go to Temulawak Hill at Petir B Hamlet, Petir village, Rongkop district, Gunung Kidul, Yogyakarta, to send school assignments online, Tuesday (12/5/2020). It was the only location in the village with an internet signal.

JAKARTA, KOMPAS – Minimal electricity and internet infrastructure is the main obstacle for online learning in schools in remote regions. Furthermore, many parents cannot purchase gadgets to support their children’s online learning.

In Papua, the Papua state education quality control agency (LPMP) recorded 14 regions without online learning at all during the Covid-19 pandemic. These regions include Puncak, Puncak Jaya, Yalimo, Central Mamberamo, Dogiyai, Deiyai, Intan Jaya, Lanny Jaya, Nduga, Asmat, Boven Digoel, Yahukimo, Pegunungan Bintang and Greater Mamberamo.