Indonesia Moves 1.4 Million Students Online as Haze Pushes Pollution Above 1,000
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Updated · KFGO · Sep 2
Indonesia Moves 1.4 Million Students Online as Haze Pushes Pollution Above 1,000
3 articles · Updated · KFGO · Sep 2
Summary
About 1.43 million students at 12,874 schools in six Indonesian provinces were studying remotely by Sept. 2 as wildfire haze sharply worsened air quality.
West Kalimantan accounted for 1.1 million of those students, and Southeast Pontianak recorded an air pollution index of 1,023, far above Indonesia’s 300 “hazardous” threshold.
The temporary shift runs from Aug. 31 to Sept. 4 and will be reviewed every three days, with online classes triggered when a local pollution reading exceeds 200.
Indonesia has stepped up efforts to contain fires in hard-hit provinces across Sumatra and Borneo after about 200,000 hectares burned in the first seven months of 2026, including 73,310 hectares in six priority provinces.