The Lato-lato Prohibition At The West Coastal School, Diskominfo: Fear Of Being Misused For Brawling Devices

The West Coast Regency Education Office (Disdik), Lampung, has banned students in the area from bringing lato-lato toys to school.

Head of the West Coast Regency Communication, Information, Statistics and Education Office (Diskominfo) Suryadi said the ban was issued through circular letter number 420/13/IV.01/2023.

"Pak Kadis Pendidikan menyampaikan, termasuk kami Kominfo, dasar mengambil kebijakan itu tentu, yang pertama takut mengganggukan aktivitas belajar di sekolah," kata Suryadi saat diterangi, Kamis 12 Januari, disitat Antara.

He said it was forbidden to bring lato-lato in the school environment so that students focused on learning.

"Because maybe the names of children can be played during study hours, the second is afraid of being misused for brawls or commotion between students," said Suryadi.

He said these were the things that underlie the local Disdik issuing a ban on bringing lato-lato in the school environment.

According to him, the appeal was addressed to all elementary to junior high schools not to bring lato-lato in the school environment, and hoped that the teachers would continue this appeal and bring it to order.

Lato-lato is a traditional game. This game came from the United States and was loved by the public in the 1960s and then became popular in the 1970s. In Indonesia itself, the lato-lato game became popular in the 1990s and was known as lato-lato or nok-nok, while the lato-lato game in English was called the clampers. At the beginning of its appearance, the lato-lato was made of glass material and the way of playing was considered dangerous.

Until then, the material for making lato-lato was changed to plastic.