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The online learning policy that has been implemented since the Covid-19 outbreak in Indonesia is still being hampered by the lack of mobile devices and laptops, internet access and expensive mobile data packages.
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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.
The online learning policy that has been implemented since the Covid-19 outbreak in Indonesia is still being hampered by the lack of mobile devices and laptops, internet access and expensive mobile data packages.
We should welcome the Education and Culture Ministry’s decision to allocate Rp 7.2 trillion for a mobile data subsidy scheme to support online learning for students, teachers and lecturers over the next four months. The aid program will at least allay the problem of the prohibitive costs of mobile data until the end of this year.