PREMIUM Third-graders from the Cempaka Putih 3 state elementary school, East Jakarta, in a math class given by teacher Tuti Suharti. (JP/Ricky Yudhistira)It will take time to phase out the method of memorizing from the country’s educational system.

Indonesia is due to test run a new national curriculum in June, which at its core aims to do away with traditional rote learning that has been practi...