The Struggle Against COVID-19 in Indonesian Education : Responses, Requirements, and Policy Needs for Learning Recovery

This report reflects on the Indonesian school system's response to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, assesses the influences of these policies on children in Indonesia, and discusses lessons learned. It further synthesizes these lessons int...

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Main Authors: Butcher, Neil, Khairina, Noviandri Nurlaili, Kumala, Citra, Loots, Sonja
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/941331631024618282/The-Struggle-Against-COVID-19-in-Indonesian-Education-Responses-Requirements-and-Policy-Needs-for-Learning-Recovery
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spelling okr-10986-363232021-10-05T05:10:42Z The Struggle Against COVID-19 in Indonesian Education : Responses, Requirements, and Policy Needs for Learning Recovery Butcher, Neil Khairina, Noviandri Nurlaili Kumala, Citra Loots, Sonja EDUCATION POLICY CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC RESPONSE PUBLIC HEALTH RESILIENT EDUCATION SYSTEM SCHOOL REOPENING LEARNING LOSS LEARNING RECOVERY TEACHER SUPPORT COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT This report reflects on the Indonesian school system's response to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, assesses the influences of these policies on children in Indonesia, and discusses lessons learned. It further synthesizes these lessons into policy recommendations that might guide the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology (MoECRT) to recover and to strengthen the system. For over a year, the Government of Indonesia (GoI) has responded to the evolving situation promptly, with policy guidance and other support efforts, to keep 60 million children engaged in learning. While these efforts are lauded, the experiences of students, teachers, and parents shared here reflect the challenges that the pandemic, and consequent Learning from Home (LFH) have presented. By reviewing the experiences of students, teachers, and parents identified through research studies conducted during 2020, the report proposes four broad policy areas that need attention; i) Refocusing effort on learning, ii) Supporting learning recovery, iii) Providing training, support, and guidance to teachers, parents, and school principals, and iv) Strengthening relations between schools and their communities. 2021-10-04T14:20:50Z 2021-10-04T14:20:50Z 2021-09 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/941331631024618282/The-Struggle-Against-COVID-19-in-Indonesian-Education-Responses-Requirements-and-Policy-Needs-for-Learning-Recovery http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36323 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Other Education Study East Asia and Pacific Indonesia
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topic EDUCATION POLICY
CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
PANDEMIC RESPONSE
PUBLIC HEALTH
RESILIENT EDUCATION SYSTEM
SCHOOL REOPENING
LEARNING LOSS
LEARNING RECOVERY
TEACHER SUPPORT
COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT
spellingShingle EDUCATION POLICY
CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
PANDEMIC RESPONSE
PUBLIC HEALTH
RESILIENT EDUCATION SYSTEM
SCHOOL REOPENING
LEARNING LOSS
LEARNING RECOVERY
TEACHER SUPPORT
COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT
Butcher, Neil
Khairina, Noviandri Nurlaili
Kumala, Citra
Loots, Sonja
The Struggle Against COVID-19 in Indonesian Education : Responses, Requirements, and Policy Needs for Learning Recovery
geographic_facet East Asia and Pacific
Indonesia
description This report reflects on the Indonesian school system's response to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, assesses the influences of these policies on children in Indonesia, and discusses lessons learned. It further synthesizes these lessons into policy recommendations that might guide the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology (MoECRT) to recover and to strengthen the system. For over a year, the Government of Indonesia (GoI) has responded to the evolving situation promptly, with policy guidance and other support efforts, to keep 60 million children engaged in learning. While these efforts are lauded, the experiences of students, teachers, and parents shared here reflect the challenges that the pandemic, and consequent Learning from Home (LFH) have presented. By reviewing the experiences of students, teachers, and parents identified through research studies conducted during 2020, the report proposes four broad policy areas that need attention; i) Refocusing effort on learning, ii) Supporting learning recovery, iii) Providing training, support, and guidance to teachers, parents, and school principals, and iv) Strengthening relations between schools and their communities.
format Report
author Butcher, Neil
Khairina, Noviandri Nurlaili
Kumala, Citra
Loots, Sonja
author_facet Butcher, Neil
Khairina, Noviandri Nurlaili
Kumala, Citra
Loots, Sonja
author_sort Butcher, Neil
title The Struggle Against COVID-19 in Indonesian Education : Responses, Requirements, and Policy Needs for Learning Recovery
title_short The Struggle Against COVID-19 in Indonesian Education : Responses, Requirements, and Policy Needs for Learning Recovery
title_full The Struggle Against COVID-19 in Indonesian Education : Responses, Requirements, and Policy Needs for Learning Recovery
title_fullStr The Struggle Against COVID-19 in Indonesian Education : Responses, Requirements, and Policy Needs for Learning Recovery
title_full_unstemmed The Struggle Against COVID-19 in Indonesian Education : Responses, Requirements, and Policy Needs for Learning Recovery
title_sort struggle against covid-19 in indonesian education : responses, requirements, and policy needs for learning recovery
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2021
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/941331631024618282/The-Struggle-Against-COVID-19-in-Indonesian-Education-Responses-Requirements-and-Policy-Needs-for-Learning-Recovery
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