Girls, boys take different stairs at East Jakarta junior high school

SMP 44 separates its stairways based on gender have gone viral on social media.

Signs placed on the gates in front of the stairways read “girls' stairs" and "boys' stairs.”

“This is the latest phenomenon in Jakarta: SMP 44 is SMP sharia.

They separate staircases for boys and girls. Long live Indonistan!” said the account on Wednesday.

He clarified that the gender-divided stairways were a disciplinary measure

and not discriminatory.

“It doesn’t mean that we are giving preferential treatment to one gender and such,”.

The rule has been implemented at the school’s new building, which it has occupied for around a year.

the stairway rule only applied during afternoon prayers and

she assured that there was no other gender classification in the school’s rules.

students and parents have not protested the rule.

“We haven’t received any complaints.”

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