JAKARTA - All schools in Jakarta will end no later than 2 p.m. for the duration of Ramadan, the city's education department confirmed February 19, implementing a national directive signed less than a week earlier by three cabinet ministers.

The joint circular, numbered SEB 5/2026, 2/2026, and 400.1/857/SJ, was signed on February 13 by Basic and Secondary Education Minister Abdul Mu'ti, Religious Affairs Minister Nasaruddin Umar, and Home Affairs Minister Mohammad Tito Karnavian. 

Jakarta education chief Nahdiana announced the city's implementing circular at City Hall. "The hours will adjust, so the latest end time is no later than 2 p.m.," she said. "This is to give space for independent learning together with families and communities at their respective houses of worship."

The national Ramadan school schedule runs in three phases. Students spend February 18-21 on home-based independent learning, resume face-to-face classes from February 23 through March 14, then take Eid holidays from March 16 to 27. Then, schools return to normal on March 30.

“Ramadan is an important momentum for building character, strengthening faith and piety, and cultivating social awareness among students,” Abdul Mu’ti said. 

“With adaptive and humane learning arrangements, we want to ensure children continue to learn meaningfully without feeling burdened.”

Besides the hour cap for schools in Jakarta, the Indonesian government is also encouraging both civil servants and private sector workers to work from anywhere (WFA) during the Nyepi and Lebaran holiday period, with flexible work windows set for March 16-17 and March 25-27, sandwiching the official public holidays of March 18-20 for Nyepi and March 21-24 for Eid al-Fitr. 

The policy, issued under a circular from the Minister of State Apparatus Reform (PAN-RB, No. 2/2026) and the Minister of Manpower (No. M/2/HK.04/II/2026), makes clear that WFA days do not count as annual leave, that wages must be paid as normal, and that essential sectors including healthcare, logistics, transport, security, hospitality, retail, and manufacturing are exempt.