The Impact of Government Policies on the Implementation of Early Childhood Education during the Covid-19 Pandemic Period on Street Children in the City of Bandung
Lia Aprilianti, Vina Adriany, Euis Kurniati

Department of Early Childhood Educatihool of Postgraduate Studies. Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia

Abstract

This paper discusses the impact of government policies on ECE regarding street children in the city of Bandung in which education is being held entirely online due to the covid-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic that has devastated the world, including Indonesia, has had a significant impact on various aspects of life, one of which is education. Education services during the pandemic are enforced where parents have become the companions of children during the learning process. This policy requires children and parents to be more aware in using educational support devices such as smartphones and laptops, as well as ensure the availability of internet networks. Through a focused ethnographic approach with a post-structuralist perspective, this study finds that the Indonesian government^s policy has actually sharpened the differences between students from the lower middle class and the upper middle class. Moreover, instead of continuing to fairly provide education for all students, online education actually puts street children of early ages in an even worse condition, unable to even access proper education.

Keywords: street children, education policy, covid-19 pandemic

Topic: learning