Indonesia: Prolonged school closure puts students’ future earnings at risk, says world bank study

Biology teacher Wahyu Adi Prasetyo (left) and English teacher Rantiyani use mobile phones to deliver online learning in South Tangerang, Banten. - Jakarta Post/ANN

JAKARTA, Sept 24 (Jakarta Post/ANN): Prolonged school closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic has deepened the learning crisis in Indonesia, as learning loss puts students at risk of notable income loss in the future, reveals a World Bank study published on Sept 16.

The World Bank study, on overcoming learning losses and improving outcomes from the pandemic, suggests that students could experience between 0.9 to 1.2 years of learning loss during the 1.5-year school closure.