Students, civil servants to study and work from home as Jakarta prepares for Asean Summit

The Asean Summit will be the second of two high-level meetings hosted by Indonesia as Asean chair in 2023. - ST FILE

JAKARTA (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Students in parts of the Indonesian capital will do their schooling from home, and more civil servants will also work remotely for a few days as the city prepares to host the 43rd Asean Summit and other related summits from Sept 2 to 7.

From Sept 4 to 7, more than 700 schools in South and Central Jakarta will have to implement distance learning, said Jakarta’s acting governor Heru Budi Hartarto last Wednesday (Aug 23).