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While it has taken a toll on students and their learning outcomes, the COVID-19 pandemic has presented opportunities for educational reform thanks to the acceleration on technology use, Education and Culture Minister Nadiem Makarim has said. Speaking at the Yidan Prize Asia Pacific Conference held by Chinese education foundation Yidan Prize on Wednesday, the minister …

The new education and culture minister, Nadiem Makarim, said that competency and character were two of the most important aspects of education. The Cabinet’s youngest minister, who led Gojek from a delivery call center consisting of 20 ojek (motorcycle taxi) drivers to a US$10 billion company with 2 million partners across Southeast Asia, said the education system …

The appointment of Nadiem Makarim as Education and Culture Minister has raised hope, excitement and anxiety, on whether the former CEO of Gojek, the application for ride-hailing and now many other services, could be the right solution for long-waited education reform. According to his keynote speech at the Currency Day event held in 2017 by …