Internet Cost Burdens Students
Ownership of gadgets and internet data access are still the main obstacles that need solutions in online long-distance learning. Breakthroughs in policies are urgently needed.
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A “pod” of grade 5 and 6 students of SDN 040484 state elementary school in Payung village of Payung district in Karo regency, North Sumatra, follow their online learning assignments on Tuesday (25/8/2020). The students attend two-hour online classes on Mondays and Tuesdays.
Ownership of gadgets and internet data access are still the main obstacles that need solutions in online long-distance learning. Breakthroughs in policies are urgently needed.
JAKARTA, KOMPAS — Online learning, which has been running for about five months at a national scale, has become one of the steps to protect students and teachers from being infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19. Breakthrough steps are needed to overcome a number of problems relating to this policy, especially those related to internet data packages and gadgets that are too expensive for a number of students.