You usually see children going to school between 7 and 8 am, but a unique experiment of its kind is being conducted in Indonesia where students are waking up from sleep and going to school in the dark at 5:30 am.
According to foreign media reports, in the early hours of the morning in Kupang, an Indonesian city these days, young people are seen going to school in their sleep, these students are part of a controversial experiment.
According to reports, a pilot project has been launched in the city of Kupang, in the eastern province of Nusa Tenggara, in which 12th grade students in the city’s 10 high schools are ordered to go to school at 5:30 a.m.
The experiment, announced by the governor last month, is aimed at starting the day earlier and improving the discipline of children.
Parents, on the other hand, are quite worried about the experience, saying that children are tired by the time they get home from school due to lack of sleep.
Talking to the media, the mother of the 16-year-old student said that it is very difficult, the children have to go to school in the morning in the dark, there is no guarantee of the safety of the children when they are sleeping on the streets in the dark, the children wake up at 4 in the morning. Get ready and then go to school.
An Indonesian educationist also criticized the experiment and said that it has nothing to do with efforts to improve the quality of education. can cause
A 2014 study published by the American Academy of Pediatrics recommended starting classes for middle and high school children at 8:30 a.m. or later to allow children enough time to sleep.
Indonesia’s Child Protection Commission has also asked the authorities to review the controversial experiment.
It should be noted that classes in schools in Indonesia start between 7 and 8 in the morning while schools close at 3:30 in the afternoon.
