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Friday, August 18, 2017

No to smartphones, yes to gadgets in school

NUTP and PAGE say handphones will disrupt harmony in school and the ban imposed since 2012 should be maintained.
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PETALING JAYA: The National Union of the Teaching Profession (NUTP) and an NGO support the education ministry’s move to maintain the ban on smartphones in school.
The matter had been frequently debated by both parents and teachers since the ban was imposed in 2012.
The ministry’s move to stick to the earlier ban comes after it decided that the negative impact brought by handphones outweighed the benefits of bringing them to school.
Kamarozaman: The ban is necessary as smartphones distract pupils during lessons.
Kamarozaman: The ban is necessary as smartphones distract pupils during lessons.
NUTP’s president Kamarozaman Abdul Razak, when contacted by FMT, said the ban was necessary as smartphones distracted pupils during lessons.
“Some will play frequently with the phones while some others will be chatting on them. In case the pupils lose the phone, the school will have to bear the responsibility,” he said.
Kamarozaman was also concerned about the recurring problem of video footage captured in school made viral on social media.
He lamented that such irresponsible behaviour could disrupt the harmony in schools.
Nevertheless, Kamarozaman stressed that gadgets with educational software which facilitated the learning process should be allowed in school.
“This means there will be no online games. Students would be able to connect to the Wi-Fi upon the teacher’s instruction,” he said.
Discussions are under way on the social media etiquette guidelines which NUTP has proposed to the education ministry.
Azimah: Its a good decision. Let's not reject it.
Azimah: Its a good decision. Let’s not reject it.
Parent Action Group for Education (PAGE) chairman Noor Azimah Rahim felt that any move to prohibit the use of smartphones and replace them with tablets and other gadgets is not an issue.
“We’ve been discussing this for many years about bringing such gadgets to school.
“I think we should respect the ministry’s decision, which has taken heed of teachers’ concern.
“It is a good decision. Let’s not reject it,” she said.
“The ministry actually wants to use gadgets as a teaching tool, so let’s focus on the best interests of the children,” Azimah said.
She was also supportive of NUTP’s proposal to the education ministry to enforce social media etiquette guidelines. -FMT

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