Indonesia kindergarten explores new ways to teach over pandemic

A teacher wearing a face shield and protective mask talks with her pupil through a plastic barrier as she visits her pupil at their house to evaluate their online class-session amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak in Semarang, Central Java province, Indonesia, July 22, 2020. [Photo:REUTERS]

As schools struggle to keep pupils engaged during the pandemic, a kindergarten on Indonesia’s Java island is getting pupils back in the classroom using makeshift transparent cubicles and also sending teachers on home visits with social distancing barriers.

Permata Hati Kindergarten, a private kindergarten with 135 pupils in the city of Semarang in Central Java province, is allowing six pupils per day to spend time in the classroom, giving children a chance to attend school once every two weeks.