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Controversy Erupts as Students Forced to Destroy Phones Over Poor Academic Performance (Video)
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A shocking video has gone viral, showing students smashing their phones with stones, allegedly at the behest of their school’s Parents-Teachers Association (PTA) following poor academic performance.
The drastic measure that led the PTA to compel the students to smash their phones was reportedly taken due to their poor academic performance, with mobile devices deemed the primary distraction.
The incident has sparked widespread outrage and debate online, with many condemning the PTA’s actions as excessive and misguided.
According to reports, the PTA attributed the students’ subpar performance to their mobile phone usage, leading to the drastic decision. The students were allegedly instructed to destroy their phones in the presence of teachers and parents.
The video, shared on social media, showed students systematically destroying their devices, one by one, using stones.
Watch the video below;
Netizens have expressed mixed reactions, ranging from shock and disbelief to criticism of the PTA over the decision to destroy the phones of the students on account of the poor academic performance.
Many argue that destroying phones is not a solution to addressing academic underperformance and that alternative measures should have been explored.
Read some netizens’ reactions to the video;
_toby_loba: “This kain thing go pain especially if your parents dey in support”
ennybreezy: “WHY DESTROY THEM? WHY NOT SIEZE THEM FOR A PERIOD OF TIME??? COMPLETELY WRONG👎👎👎”
adeoluolatomide: “This is gross and should not be encouraged, no matter how bad their performance is! They are even wor.se than the students they’re correcting. What happened to seizing the phones? 🤦”
sean_2_nicee: “Shout out to our own time were there was ntin like phones to school only the brain and consistency”
tolanteeno: “Why not tell them to keep the phones at home and ban it from being taken to school? Why destroy and throw money down the drain in this harsh economy. If this was my child ..you will be refunding me in full !”
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