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        "id": 2043309,
        "msgid": "once-a-school-leaver-garut-student-now-learns-programming-1792324257",
        "date": "2026-10-18 18:28:08",
        "title": "Once a School Leaver, Garut Student Now Learns Programming",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "A free government-run Sekolah Rakyat programme has enabled students from disadvantaged families in Garut to resume their education and gain access to digital learning. Two students describe how laptops and information technology lessons have opened new opportunities, including an ambition to become a programmer.",
        "content": "<p>Garut (ANTARA) \u2014 A number of pupils at Integrated Sekolah Rakyat 39\nin Garut Regency, West Java, are using laptops to learn programming\u2014an\nexperience they previously found difficult to imagine.<\/p>\n<p>Coming from disadvantaged families, some of the pupils had even\ndropped out of school before getting the chance to continue their\neducation at Sekolah Rakyat, a free government education programme. They\nare now beginning to learn about computers, use the internet for study\nand write simple code to create games.<\/p>\n<p>Laptops provided by the government are helping to open up access to\ndigital learning, giving the pupils an opportunity to develop skills and\nplan for the future.<\/p>\n<p>Raihan, 16, a junior secondary pupil at Integrated Sekolah Rakyat 39\nGarut, is among those who have experienced this change. A member of the\nschool\u2019s first intake in 2025, he said he can now use a laptop and\nbrowse the internet to find information.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, he had not imagined that he would be able to learn\ncomputing, understand how to use the internet or write simple code to\nmake a game. The teenager, from Limbangan district in Garut Regency, is\npleased to be able to continue his junior secondary education while\nlearning about technology through information and communication\ntechnology (ICT) lessons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStudying here feels like having new hope for the future, because\neverything is digital now. I\u2019ve become interested in becoming a\nprogrammer,\u201d Raihan said during a study session at his school on 12\nOctober 2026.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A chance to return to education<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For M. Fathir, 17, Sekolah Rakyat is not only a place to learn about\ntechnology but also an opportunity to return to education after leaving\nschool.<\/p>\n<p>The pupil from Banyuresmi district in Garut dropped out while in\njunior secondary school because of financial difficulties and bullying\nby his classmates. After three years away from school, he has resumed\nhis education at Sekolah Rakyat.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/once-a-school-leaver-garut-student-now-learns-programming-1792324257",
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