Incredible children from School in Bukit Lawang - Sumatra

Incredible children from School in Bukit Lawang - Sumatra

In Indonesia children have to go to school 6 days a week. They need to wear three different uniforms per week. Their shoes have to be black, closed-off and with laces, Velcro is not allowed. 

First six years of primary school are followed by three years of ‘lower’ high school  and another three years of ‘upper’ high school. Primary shool is a general education, and ‘lower’ high school is education focused on a specific skill or job. For the primary school there are no tuition fees, but schools are creative in finding ways to charge extra costs. 

The children studying at ‘lower’ or upper’ high school need to go to villages outside of Bukit Lawang which accounts for extra transportation costs. Thus, the costs for the children’s education consists of books,  transportation, uniforms and tuition fees.