Ahead of School Entry, KPAI Requests Schools Not to Provide Heavy Lesson Materials

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JAKARTA - The 2026 Lebaran holiday for schoolchildren ranging from elementary school to high school/vocational school will end on Monday, March 30, 2026.

Later, learning activities for all levels of education will run normally.

The Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) assesses that preparation for school requires a complete synergy between children, parents, and educational institutions, especially for families who are currently still at home.

"Schools are expected not to immediately burden students with heavy material intensity. The prerequisite for a conducive condition must be built through emotional connectivity," said Deputy Chairman of the KPAI, Jasra Putra when confirmed, Wednesday, March 25, 2026.

The KPAI suggests that schools implement reflective learning methods and storytelling methods (storytelling) about the homecoming experience in the home village can be an effective transition instrument.

"So that children can return to their learning world without pressure," he said.

In general, the KPAI sees that this year's homecoming has been going well.

However, the KPAI reminded field officers not to be complacent. The potential for traffic backflow in the last days of the holiday still requires engineering and anticipatory steps to reduce the factor of fatigue in the community, especially children.

"KPAI reminds the importance of the psychological learning transition period, that children need a transition phase from the holiday atmosphere to the cognitive readiness to learn. This awareness must be a motivation for teachers, before they are really ready to enter the school routine," he said.

The KPAI said that the homecoming tradition followed by a number of children in Indonesia is not just a physical transfer, but a ritual to strengthen social cohesion (bond) and the roots of cultural identity.

"Children have just absorbed traditional values, kinship, and local wisdom directly from the source. This wealth of empirical experience is very good to be excavated into the initial potential for learning, ideally accommodated by teachers as part of the interaction in the classroom, so that children feel their social experiences are valued and relevant to their school environment," he said.

The KPAI said that this approach to connectivity is very in line with the direction of the Minister of Basic and Secondary Education (Mendikdasmen), Abdul Mu'ti, who considers the momentum of the Lebaran holiday as a "class of life".

"Like mingling with the community and family in the village is a form of learning outside of school to foster social cohesion for children," he said.

The KPAI fully supports the appeal of the Minister of Education and Culture to schools to create an atmosphere of joyful and reflective learning, while reminding parents to start regulating their children's sleep hours.