Over 20 fourth-grade students sit cross-legged in front of a laptop at Bekasi's Mahanaim Elementary School last Monday, attentively writing down instructions. "Learning about robotics is just like playing. It's fun," one student, Gaby, told Tempo.

Mahanaim has been holding robotics classes for the last five years. Initially, says Mahanaim principal Abraham L.G. Sulistyo, the classes were held as an extracurricular activity. However, it soon became a