5 Day School Week Protest

[lifelongexpat]

You would think that students would be happy about change in the school schedule that meant that they didn’t have to go to school on Saturdays anymore. But, as you can see from the video above, these Indonesian students are protesting the prospect of the government’s recently announced full day school program, which, starting next year, would have Indonesian public schools change their current six-day-per-week school schedule to five days per week.

The students can be heard chanting “Kill the minister”, presumably referring to Minister of Education and Culture Muhadjir Effendy, who announced the five-day school program.

https://coconuts.co/jakarta/news/vi...-five-day-school-program-chant-kill-minister/

 

[William King]

Charming. But presumably they do not really mean it, obviously someone is paying/encouraging them to protest.

 

[lifelongexpat]

I hope you're right. Scary if segments of the next generation truly have that sort of mind set....

 

[Anglian]

Is that what they learn at school,

 

[fastpitch17]

MUI are the ones fighting it because they will lose out on their afternoon Islam classes.

 

[Davita]

In Bali I thought Saturday school was when the kids went to clean and tidy their school. I always see them with brooms and other cleaning equipment and thought it a good idea...gives them a lesson on civics.