- Almost 69 million Indonesian students face a significant risk of loss in learning during government-mandated school closures to prevent Covid-19 transmission. Some groups of students, mainly high achieving students from highly educated parents, are however better protected, implying that learning inequality is likely to widen under such conditions.
- Only 40% of Indonesians have internet access (which is critical for home-based learning), and this will exacerbate learning inequality, especially outside of Java.
- There is risk of the widening learning gap becoming permanent, and in order to mitigate this, the MoEC needs to implement policies that compel teachers to implement differential teaching.
- A specific mode of differential teaching (i.e. periodic assessment and adapting teaching to the children’s learning level) should be implemented, which would require enhancing teachers’ ability and motivation, combined with support from parents and local government.
Author
Senza Arsendy
C. Jazzlyne Gunawan
Niken Rarasati
Daniel Suryadarma
Keywords
learning loss
learning inequality
learning gap
differential teaching
