According to Indonesia’s Education Minister Nadiem Anwar Makarim “There’s not enough discussion globally about the coronavirus pandemic’s effect on students’ learning”. “I think everywhere in the world — not just in Indonesia — distance learning will at least in the short term have a negative impact on educational outcomes and qualities,” said the minister. In a virtual meeting, he urged to find the right balance between providing quality education and mitigating the health crisis. The minister said that Indonesia is facing enormous diversity of geographic challenges, infrastructural challenges and that the government cannot provide quality education to the most vulnerable students, often in rural regions, who do not have access to the internet, to continue with online learning. Many schools in Indonesia have remained shut since March as authorities struggle to contain the coronavirus disease or Covid-19. But only around 40% of Indonesians have internet access, most of them in urban areas such as the capital city Jakarta.