BANDUNG, West Java: Dressed in their red-and-white uniform, 58 students assembled in the courtyard of Public Elementary School No 29 in Bandung's sub-district of Cilengkrang.
The authorities, however, argue that the initiative will teach children about discipline as well as science. They also told the fourth graders that the coops must be cleaned regularly so bacteria wouldn’t grow and the chicks must be protected from predators. So far, only 10 elementary and two junior high schools participated in the programme, Bandung Agriculture Agency chief Mr Gin Gin Ginanjar told CNA.
On Oct 10, the head of the West Java Psychiatric Hospital, Dr Elly Marliyani revealed in a seminar in Bandung that her hospital has been treating children suffering from cell phone and online games addiction. Some were as young as five.The children, the doctor told those at the seminar, were admitted by their parents because they had been throwing tantrums when their cell phones were taken away from them, resulting in damaged household items and sometimes physical assault on their parents.
She said the programme is more suited to rural areas across Indonesia and not a city of 2.4 million inhabitants. “When a child is not interested but forced to do it, that will already be a burden for the child psychologically and socially. If the chick dies the child’s care, the child would feel like a failure. The programme is creating more problems than it solves,” she argued.Mdm Yulianti said there are more effective ways to address mobile phone addiction.
Students of Public Elementary School 29 in Bandung, Indonesia petting a chick which was recently handed out to them in the so-called"chickenisation" programme. “Will these children have the discipline to feed and clean their cages? A few may be interested in raising chicks at first. But will they be able to retain their interests? Raising a chick is not as simple as repurposing an old cardboard box and giving them leftover rice once in a while.”The animal rights activist also expressed concern that many of the chicks handed out will die. “But at what percentage, we still don’t know yet,” Mdm Agustin said.
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