Government Confirms Cancellation of Home Schooling Policy, Here's Why!
Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Pratikno has emphasised that student learning should primarily continue offline or in-person amid the ongoing global crisis.
According to Pratikno, this decision follows coordination with Minister of Basic and Secondary Education Abdul Mu’ti and Minister of Religious Affairs Nasaruddin Umar. He stated that the learning process must be optimised further and must not allow for any learning loss.
Pratikno conveyed this during an internal briefing to the Deputy for Health and Deputy for Education of the Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture on Monday (23/3/2026). He reiterated President Prabowo’s instructions from the full cabinet meeting at the State Palace on Friday (13/3/2026), that the global crisis situation should serve as momentum to accelerate the national transformation agenda.
Online Learning Not Urgent
Pratikno noted that there had been discussions about the possibility of a hybrid method combining online (in-network) and offline learning. However, given the importance of maintaining student education quality, cross-ministry discussions concluded that online learning is not an urgent priority at this time.
“As per the extraordinary priority given by the President to the education sector, from school revitalisation, People’s Schools, and Garuda Excellent Schools, we must accelerate the overall improvement in education quality, both under the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education, Ministry of Religious Affairs, and Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology. This is a priority. This is paramount,” said Pratikno, as quoted by the Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture, cited on Wednesday (25/3/2026).
On the other hand, he instructed the acceleration of electronic-based government system transformation, improvement in bureaucratic performance, enhancement of public services, and efficiency across all sectors. Additionally, non-essential official travel is to be reduced, meetings and gatherings optimised to be held online, and the implementation of flexible working arrangements (FWA) in a measured manner.
“Public services, human resource quality improvement, and support for equitable development acceleration must continue to be strengthened through smarter and more efficient methods,” he stated.