Millions of Indonesian children return to school after a year and a half

Millions of Indonesian children returned to school classrooms on Monday after a year-and-a-half break, with the best distance learning since schools closed in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Face-to-face classes began today in the provinces of Jakarta and Central Java – which have a population of about 45 million – and have a maximum capacity of 50 percent in each classroom and a very limited duration, between 60 and 175 minutes per week, the deputy governor said in a statement. of...