The pilot intervention in Indonesia is designed to provide capacity building for teachers to develop their digital literacy by introducing the Merdeka Mengajar platform and teaching STEM using technology within a minimal internet connectivity area. It includes a series of capacity-building workshops, learning materials development, pilot testing, and reporting. It is expected that this intervention will ensure the readiness of teachers to implement the Merdeka Curriculum.
Naringgul village has been selected randomly from the group of low socioeconomic, lack of internet connectivity but highly populated area in Indonesia. The junior high schools selected for the intervention are four schools in Naringgul village under the District of Cianjur – West Java, Indonesia. For the TIESEA intervention, 4 schools are selected randomly: SMPN 3, 6, 8, and SMPN 9 Naringgul.
In order to start the intervention, the requirement equipment was procured and then installed in March 2023. Each of the 4 targeted schools received 20 ARM-based technology laptops. Besides laptops, other hardware was delivered and installed to set up a computer laboratory, such as LCD projectors, portable sound systems, charging carts, UPS, and other electrical and lighting equipment. A digital library was also set up with the help of our partner SEAMOLEC technical team.
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Caption: Inspection and installation of the equipment delivered in Naringgul schools, Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia, on 28-30 March 2023.
