Indonesia's Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education is promoting a "deep learning approach"—a pedagogical concept stressing meaningful, mindful, and joyful learning, not neural networks—as its response to the digital era, citing cybersecurity threats, data-protection risks, transnational crime, and the growing use of artificial intelligence as challenges students must face. Deputy Minister Atip Latipulhayat told Antara the initiative pairs critical thinking and adaptability with character development and ethical understanding. A separate March 2026 joint ministerial decree already set age-specific rules on AI and digital-technology use across all education levels; this initiative extends the framing into pedagogy. Implementation outcomes will depend heavily on teacher training and assessment design, neither of which the report details.