JAKARTA: Schools in Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, at the moment are topic to restrictions on the usage of digital devices together with smartphones and smartwatches throughout college hours.
Jakarta Education Agency head Nahdiana stated the restriction, which took impact on Tuesday, covers main, secondary and vocational colleges.
The restrictions additionally embody the usage of tablets and laptops, all of which should be turned off or set to silent mode and saved in designated areas supplied by colleges, she stated.
“The use of gadgets is only allowed under special circumstances in line with learning needs and at designated locations,” she was quoted by Antara News as saying.
She stressed that the policy does not constitute a total ban on gadget use, but serves as a protective measure against potential risks arising from unwise usage.
“The coverage was launched to forestall destructive impacts equivalent to digital dependancy, cyberbullying, in addition to antagonistic results on youngsters’s psychological and bodily well being,” she stated.
She stated college principals would appoint official college contact individuals and acquire emergency contact particulars for every pupil to make sure that mother and father or guardians would nonetheless be capable of talk with college students. – Bernama