{"id":16094,"date":"2025-09-01T00:56:48","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T16:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/?p=16094"},"modified":"2025-09-01T00:56:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T16:56:49","slug":"gatchalian-maintains-push-for-smartphone-ban-in-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/2025\/09\/01\/gatchalian-maintains-push-for-smartphone-ban-in-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"GATCHALIAN MAINTAINS PUSH FOR SMARTPHONE BAN IN SCHOOLS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>FOLLOWING South Korea&#8217;s looming ban on smartphones in classrooms, Sen. Win Gatchalian is seeking a similar prohibition for the country&#8217;s public and private schools.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gatchalian originally filed the Electronic Gadget-Free Schools Act during the 19th Congress and refiled the proposed measure upon the opening of the 20th Congress.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Under the proposed measure, the Department of Education (DepEd) shall promulgate guidelines on prohibiting the use of mobile devices and other electronic gadgets during class hours.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>The ban shall apply to teachers and learners from Kindergarten to Senior High School.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>The bill, however, provides for exceptions: those related to learning, such as classroom presentations; health and well-being, such as specific conditions that may require electronic gadgets; and the management of risks, such as activities outside schools or emergencies.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Isinusulong nating ipagbawal ang mga smartphones sa oras ng klase upang hindi maabala ang ating mga mag-aaral. Nais nating paigtingin ang pagtutok ng ating mga mag-aaral sa kanilang aralin,&#8221; said Gatchalian, Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Basic Education.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOLLOWING South Korea&rsquo;s looming ban on smartphones in classrooms, Sen. Win Gatchalian is seeking a similar prohibition for the country&rsquo;s public and private schools. Gatchalian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16095,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16094"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16094"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16094\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16096,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16094\/revisions\/16096"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}