PETALING JAYA: A proposal for the introduction of e-sports in schools has prompted an academic to warn the government against adding stress to students’ lives.
Speaking to FMT, UCSI professor Mohd Tajuddin Rasdi urged the education ministry to be cognisant of the stress factors already present in modern life, saying he didn’t believe that it was wise to impose more of these on students.
“In modern life, the manner of our work and everything else is fast-paced,” he said. “Your stress levels go up. When you go home, all of the Whatsapp messages and all the emails are still coming in. So you’re in a constant state of fight or flight.
“When you’re playing computer games, especially competitive ones, you’re in this mode, not in a relaxed mode as some might think.”
Tajuddin was commenting on a news report quoting Deputy Education Minister P Kamalanathan as saying that the school curriculum needed to be updated to keep it in tune with the times.
Kamalanathan said he was open to a proposal to include e-sports in the curriculum for public schools. The youth and sports ministry is currently preparing a module for the subject.
Tajuddin said the education system would be better served if the government were to look into restructuring the current curriculum.
“Restructure economics and geography, for example. Today we have e-economics and, while geography incorporates learning about different cultures, cultures have evolved.”
He also said he doubted that teachers could teach their students anything new about computer games.
“In middle-class homes, there are children as young as six years old who know more about computer games than we could possibly teach them,” he said.
He said schools should instead teach students about moderation when it comes to using electronic devices.
“They’re not thinking about how we should use all these electronic devices,” he said. “We’ve become a society that is addicted to them.” -FMT
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