Indonesian pupils looking at chicks in cages with signs that read "please take good care of me", given to them by local officials as part of a programme to wean schoolchildren off smartphones, in Bandung. The students are getting their very own baby chicks to raise as part of a bid – dubbed 'chickenisation' – to wean them off smartphones. — AFP
BANDUNG, Indonesia: Officials in one Indonesian city have hatched a plan to wean children off smartphones – by giving them their own fluffy chicks to raise.
Around 2,000 four-day-old chicks will be handed out to pupils at elementary and junior high schools in Bandung in the coming weeks in an attempt to distract the kids from their gadgets.
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