‘Balance school, sports, net time’

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Ba Sanatan College student council leaders with Minister for Education, Heritage and Arts Rosy Akbar. Picture: SUPPLIED

PARENTS have been urged to ensure their children are balancing their time spent on their school work, sporting activities and social media.

While in Ba last week, Minister for Education Rosy Akbar said studies should be a priority for children especially in the age of social media and technology.

“The amount of time on social media should be balanced along with the time you spend on sports and your studies,” she said. “You must prioritise your studies.

“To the parents, please control the use of mobile technology by your children.

“I know many of you can agree with me that you just let the kids play on it, but you don’t know what they are really doing.”

He said social media was also a platform for predators preying on young children. ”

There are a lot of people out there on social media that act as predators and they prey on children.

“We have a lot of reports coming in where you share your personal information with people you don’t know.

“We have to be very careful with who we share our private lives with.

“There are a lot of revenge activities happening, especially on girls.”

She said these issues could have long lasting impact on young children. “Not only is it embarrassing, but it’s very traumatic and it leaves a very lasting impact on children.”

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