GADGETS are part of an important facet of today’s youth. So to take them out completely and entirely will be hard, the Teachers’ Dignity Coalition (TDC) said.
Likewise the teachers’ group said that there should just be a strict regulation as far as the use of mobile phones and other gadgets during class hours is concerned, instead of totally banning them.
In a television interview, TDC chairperson Benjo Basas said that smartphones provide benefits in the learning process of students, as they can be used for research and accessing modules and other learning materials even while in school.
“Kung sakaling magkakaroon ng ban in the use of cellphones or electronic gadgets sa school, dapat hindi total ban. Dapat ito’y regulation, strict regulation at that,” he said.
“Cellphone is a super gadget. Lahat nandito na (it has everything),” he added.
The remark was made after Senate basic education committee chairman Sherwin Gatchalian filed Senate Bill 2706 or the proposed Electronic Gadget-Free Schools Act.
It seeks to prohibit kindergarten to senior high school students and teachers in all public and private schools from using electronic gadgets within the school premises during class hours.
Among those identified as “school premises” include classrooms, laboratories, bathrooms, gymnasiums, canteens or cafeterias, school club rooms, swimming pools, teachers’ lounges, and school offices.
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