Indonesian teachers struggle with distance learning
For many teachers, there is no sign when the challenge of teaching without a classroom might end.
Millions of children’s education has been disrupted in Indonesia.
And people in remote communities do not have internet access.
So teachers are going the extra mile to support students.
But as Al Jazeera’s Jessica Washington reports from Tangerang, even those close to the capital are struggling.


![Arafat brings his students to the beach at least twice a week. It’s a short walk from their classroom and accessing the beach is free [Jessica Washington/Al Jazeera]](https://jessica.awbalidigital.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/1-300x300.webp)
![Indonesia's Defence Minister and presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto has told Al Jazeera that he is confident of victory [File: Juni Kriswanto/AFP]](https://jessica.awbalidigital.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/AFP__20240209__34HZ3HC__v1__HighRes__IndonesiaPoliticsVote-1707591418-1-300x300.webp)
![The UN High Commissioner for Refugees says more than 70 percent of the Rohingya who have arrived in Indonesia in recent months are women and children. [Jessica Washington/Al Jazeera]](https://jessica.awbalidigital.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/DSCF5154-1706173996-300x300.webp)
![Pondok Rangon cemetery is fast filling up [Fakhrur Rozi/Al Jazeera]](https://jessica.awbalidigital.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/9ef7067ef2ec46faae01e8f781225509_18-300x300.webp)
