Teachers and pupils take part on a face-to-face class session using plastic barriers to maintain social distancing, following the coronavirus disease outbreak, at a kindergarten in Semarang, Indonesia, on July 22 2020. Picture: 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.
Accompanied by parents, the children sit within protective boxes made using plastic sheets that are disinfected after each classroom session to get guidance to direct their learning. Parents uncomfortable with risking sending their children to school can choose home learning with online sessions via video conferencing applications such as Zoom.