On June 12, 2017, The Minister of Education and Culture Muhadjir Effendy issued Minister Regulation (Permen) No. 23/2017 on School Day. The Permen changed the school hours/day from six days to five days a week, for eight hours in a day. This was dubbed the “full day school” policy (FDS). FDS was supposed to apply nation wide in July 2017, but massive criticisms followed, so much so that the regulation was scrapped. The Government later denied the suggestion that they back out from their position, and instead said a Presidential Regulation would be issued to strengthen the FDS policy. This provoked the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) into concerted protests. What is going on?
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