Report: Indonesian Authorities Enforce Video Game Ban During Homework Hours

According to a report on The Impudent Obersver, police in one Indonesian municipality will be enforcing a ban on videos games and TV during a two-hour evening period designated for children to do their homework:

The municipality of Bekasi… [is] ordering all students within its jurisdiction to study and do their homework or face legal consequences…  The new regulations require students, from elementary school to high school, to study within 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. either at home alone or

with classmates from the same neighborhood. During study moment, no TV or video game will be alowed and students will be banned from going to the mall or entertainment centers.

[Eductaion chief] Kodrato said his adminsitration would empower neighborhood heads and police personnel to enforce the regulations. Bekasi was inspired to institute the new policy after hearing it has been in operation in the municipality of Yogyakanta since 2003.

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