Unifah Rosyidi, Chair of the Executive Board, Indonesian Teachers Association: Government Should Not Pit Teachers Against Parents
Education and Culture Minister Nadiem Makarim’s decision to implement distance learning system during the Covid-19 pandemic has opened a Pandora’s box of problems. Countless teachers particularly those in the regions have found themselves overwhelmed.
Tempo
August 17, 2020
“They were unprepared and confused,” Unifah Rosyidi, Chair of the Executive Board of the Indonesian Teachers’ Association (PGRI), told Tempo during a special interview on Tuesday, August 11.
Besides the uneven access to the Internet and their own lack of technology savviness, teachers also lament about their inexperience about effective distance teaching methods. In many places in the regions, teachers do not have direct intera
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