Indonesian students swap trash for wifi in bid to keep learning

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Millions have been forced to study remotely with schools shut due to the virus pandemic. FMTNews Indonesia

Staff members check the temperatures of students at a school in Jakarta in March.

With no internet access at home, the two students need to collect 1kg of mostly plastic waste to trade for access to the internet so they can do online learning for around three hours up to three times a week. The “wifi station” is the brainchild of Iing Solihin, who sells trash collected by students to purchase data costing 340,000 rupiah a month to allow small groups of students to study.

Millions of Indonesian students have been forced to learn remotely since many schools shut in March due to the pandemic, a particular challenge for poorer families and those in remote areas.

 

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