Jakarta, April 6 -- Indonesia's Higher Education, Science, and Technology Minister Brian Yuliarto has called on universities nationwide to implement a one-day-a-week work-from-home (WFH) policy for lecturers and administrative staff.

"We encourage universities to evaluate and adopt options that allow staff to work from home one day a week," he told reporters in Jakarta on Monday.

Yuliarto outlined several measures to improve efficiency in higher education institutions, enabling lecturers and staff to adopt a weekly remote work arrangement.

He said universities could deliver lectures remotely or through hybrid models while maintaining academic quality and learning outcomes set by each study program.

He also urged the digitalization of ...