THE decision from East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Governor Viktor Bungtilu Laiskodat obliging schools to start at 5:30am will have a negative impact on students. Starting school too early in the morning will force children to be active outside the time determined by their biological clocks.

Governor Victor Laiskodat imposed this strange rule on State High Schools 1 and 6 in Kupang on February 28. The NTT education office plans to apply this to all stat