TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Purwakarta Regent, Dedi Mulyadi, has banned all teachers from Elementary to High School in Purwakarta, West Java, to give students academic homework. The circular is effective from September, 2016.

Dedi explained that academic homework has to be replaced by activity that encourage creativity and productivity of the students.

He added that teachers nowadays mainly concern in academic matter, thus ignoring creativity and productivity sides. "I often see children depressed because they have to finish their homework,” said Dedi.

Dedi said that creative and productive homework will eventually help student be independent. Teachers are encouraged to make use of the environment and landscape to help develop creativity and productivity.

"Students should not be confined in the classroom. They should go out and do real things,” he said.

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