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        "id": 1703538,
        "msgid": "national-distance-learning-expansion-mpr-deputy-chair-emphasises-digital-infrastructure-readiness-1777287281",
        "date": "2026-04-27 17:23:25",
        "title": "National Distance Learning Expansion: MPR Deputy Chair Emphasises Digital Infrastructure Readiness",
        "author": "",
        "source": "DETIK",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "The Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education is expanding distance learning (PJJ) for secondary education across 34 provinces this year, targeting 3,500 out-of-school children to promote inclusive and equitable education, following a successful pilot for Indonesian migrant workers' children in Malaysia in 2025. MPR Deputy Chair Lestari Moerdijat has urged serious preparation from local governments, highlighting the need for robust digital infrastructure, teacher capacity, and accurate data, especially in remote 3T areas, to avoid pitfalls experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic. She praised the distribution of digital devices to schools but stressed that human resource readiness is equally crucial for ensuring quality education and fostering a competitive future generation.",
        "content": "<p>The Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education (Kemendikdasmen),\nthrough the Directorate General of Secondary Education and Special\nEducation, is expanding the implementation of Distance Learning (PJJ)\nfor secondary education levels in 34 provinces this year. This expansion\nfollows the successful pilot of PJJ for secondary education for children\nof Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia in 2025. The expansion will\ntarget 3,500 out-of-school children (ATS) to enable them to return to\nschool as part of efforts to realise quality, inclusive, and equitable\neducation. Highlighting this, Deputy Chair of the MPR RI Lestari\nMoerdijat has called for the expansion of PJJ implementation to be met\nwith serious readiness from local governments, both technical and\nnon-technical. \u201cThe success of this PJJ programme heavily depends on the\nreadiness of digital infrastructure in the regions, the capacity of\neducators, and the accuracy of data on out-of-school children (ATS) who\nare the primary targets,\u201d said Lestari in her statement on Monday\n(27\/4\/2026). Lestari assessed that expanding PJJ implementation to all\nprovinces, particularly in 3T (disadvantaged, frontier, outermost)\nareas, has far greater complexity compared to the overseas pilot. \u201cWe\nmust not repeat the same mistakes as during the COVID-19 pandemic, where\nseveral obstacles emerged, including teachers unprepared to conduct PJJ,\nparents burdened by online methods, and ultimately a decline in student\nlearning quality. Therefore, it is important to prepare thoroughly,\u201d\nLestari emphasised. This member of Commission X of the DPR RI revealed\nthat facilitating education access for communities in 3T areas requires\nadequate telecommunications infrastructure support. According to her,\nthis is the main challenge given that not all regions have stable\nconnectivity. \u201cThe readiness of supporting facilities and infrastructure\nrelated to digital infrastructure must also be ensured,\u201d she explained.\nLestari also appreciated the steps taken by Kemendikdasmen in 2025,\nwhich distributed interactive digital boards, laptops, and external hard\ndrives to 288,865 educational units. However, she emphasised that\ndevices alone are not enough without readiness of human resources in the\nfield. \u201cThe teaching staff must be ensured to have skills in operating\nand managing those pieces of equipment,\u201d she stressed. She affirmed that\nthe continuity of quality teaching and learning processes for every\nchild of the nation is important to realise a competitive future\ngeneration.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/national-distance-learning-expansion-mpr-deputy-chair-emphasises-digital-infrastructure-readiness-1777287281",
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