There Is No Prohibition In Yogyakarta, Dispora: Lato-lato Games, Can Be PLAYed By Anyone Including School Students But Needs Supervision

Lato lato. (ANTARA-Teofilusianto T)

YOGYAKARTA - Yogyakarta City Youth and Sports Education Office (Dispora) assessed that the ban on toy lato-lato in schools was not yet necessary.

Head of Yogyakarta City Dispora Budhi Asrori said that until now there have been no complaints from schools regarding the mushrooming game.

"Until now we have not received any complaints about the game," he said in Yogyakarta, Thursday, January 12, as reported by Antara.

Even so, he said, his party would certainly continue to observe the proliferation of the game to various possibilities that could potentially disrupt teaching and learning activities in schools.

Dispora Yogyakarta will also continue to communicate with schools and school committees to anticipate potential incidents caused by the game if they start appearing in schools.

"After all, lato-lato is a game so anyone can play it including school students. But supervision and teachers or parents need to remind them if they interfere with learning activities or other activities," he said.

However, he said that there had been no complaints and did not interfere with teaching and learning activities in schools so that the ban was deemed not appropriate.

The same thing was conveyed by Dikpora DIY, who considered that there was no need to issue a ban on the game in schools.

The proliferation of the lato-lato game since the last few times is considered to be a momentum to introduce the traditional game to students and shift students' focus from gadgets.

However, schools also have the right to remind or prohibit if they think the game has interfered with teaching and learning activities in schools because basically there are rules that prohibit activities that interfere with teaching and learning activities.