Senator Sherwin "Win" Gatchalian is eyeing to file a bill that will totally ban cellphone use in all basic educational institutions to help children focus on their studies and return to the habit of regularly reading books.
Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate Committee on Basic Education, is also set to file a measure that will institutionalize the observance of the “National Reading Month” every November.
“Isa rin sa mga observation, hindi lang dito sa atin ha, pati sa ibang bansa. Marami sa ating mga bata, talagang nalululong na sa paggamit ng cellphone. Even dun sa loob ng classroom,’ Gatchalian said.
“Dapat nagbabasa sila pero nanonood ng YouTube, nanonood ng Tik Tok. Pinag-aaralan ko ngayon yung i-ban na yung sa mga bata lang, yung paggamit ng cellphone sa loob ng classroom at sa loob ng school hours,” he said
Only basic education students will be covered by his planned mobile phone use during school hours, Gathalian said, adding that gadgets will only be allowed when classes are already dismissed.
“Dahil nauubos talaga yung oras nila sa kakatingin sa cellphone, lalo na ngayon ang social media very accessible na,” he said.
Meanwhile, under the National Reading Month measure, children will be required to buy a book which they must read afterwards.
The objective here is to entice children to actively read again, he said.
“Lahat ng mga ahensya na may kinalaman, at mga institusyon, tumulong na maghikayat na magbasa ang bata... yung mga bookstores hinihikayat nating magbigay din ng discounts, kasi kailangan ding bumili ng libro,” Gatchalian said.
Senator Robin Padilla immediately backed Gatchalian’s planned measures and shared his personal difficulties in encouraging his children to read physical books.
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“Kaming mag-asawa, hirap sa anak namin lahat na magandang libro binibili namin… Ang kalaban mo laptop, tablet, cellphone. Ang pinakamaganda, ang libro pwede download sa tablet,” Padilla said.
“Ang physical na libro pag pinilit sa bata… hirap na hirap kami kasi iba ang panahon ngayon. Gadget ang kalaban natin,” he added.
Source: ABS-CBN NEWS
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