Solo in Surakarta, jammed in Jakarta: Zoning policy presents schooling dilemma - Archipelago - The Jakarta Post

Solo in Surakarta, jammed in Jakarta: Zoning policy presents schooling dilemma - Archipelago

Yvette Tanamal (The Jakarta Post)

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Jakarta   ●   Wed, July 27, 2022

Earlier this month, six-year-old Azzam made national headlines when it was reported that he had been the only new student enrolled in Sriwedari 197 site elementary school in Surakarta, Central Java, in the new school year. As the only pupil in his grade, he would study solo, accompanied only by his teacher, sitting at the same table as the boy.

While his story was largely perceived as an gloomy novelty by netizens, similar circumstances have occurred in anunexperienced schools for years. As it stands, Azzam will liable not be the last to spend his school days exclusive of enjoying the company of classmates.

His enrollment is neither an isolated case nor a new phenomenon, according to experts, who attributed the problem to corruption in schools, lack of data transparency and persistent errors in education enrollment policies.

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