BY CHITO CHAVEZ
No more loud music and other distracting noises even at day time.
This is what the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) is trying to impose as it asked the local government units (LGUs) to pass ordinances that ban playing videoke machines and other distracting noises during online class schedules.
DILG Secretary Eduardo Año made this call as millions of students are now undergoing the blended learning system which is done to promote and maintain social distancing in the midst of the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19).
Stressing his point, Año explained that loud sounds during online class hours and independent study periods “can distract pupils and students alike from concentrating on their online classes, schoolwork and other activities now that every home in the country has been turned into an extension of the school.’’
“Bilang mga disiplinado at responsableng mga magulang at mamamayan, tulungan natin ang ating mga estudyante na mabigyan ng tahimik at payapa na kapaligiran para sila ay makapag-aral ng mabuti sa kani-kanilang mga tahanan,” Año said.
Año’s noted this is in support to the directive of Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Police General Camilo Pancratius Cascolan to the unit commanders and chiefs of police “to coordinate with their respective LGUs to either enact or modify their existing local ordinances against the use of videoke and other activities that create unnecessary noise that would disturb the students in their study at home.”
Año emphasized that it is already hard enough for students to adjust from normal classroom sessions to distance and blended learning without being distracted by the noise coming from the neighborhood.
Likewise, Año urged vehicle owners to avoid unnecessary blowing of their horns during school hours as these will also distract the “learners.’’
