JAKARTA - An Indonesian city wants to lure children away from smartphones by handing out free chicks to school pupils to keep them busy, according to reports on Friday .
The mayor of Bandung, the capital of West Java province, kicked off the so-called chickenisation campaign on Thursday by distributing 2,000 baby chickens to students at several elementary and junior high schools, the Kompas daily reported."This chickenisation is not only aimed at diverting children's attention from gadgets, but also to nurture them to love animals and take responsibility," Mr Oded Muhammad Danial was quoted as saying by Kompas.
"They will feed the chickens before going to school and after coming home from school. They will learn discipline," he said. A 2019 survey by an Internet security company, ESET, found that the average Indonesian spends three hours daily on the Internet.
....you can't make this up!!.....is that what happens if you take too many drugs?.....
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