Increasing screen time a hazard!
Increasing screen timing is a hazard!! Digital technologies and interactive learning played a crucial role in maintaining some level of class continuity as the COVID-19 pandemic spread and governments across the world implemented school closures as part of their containment strategy. E-learning techniques will remain an essential backup plan for blended learning and in the event of fresh closures as schools reopen. In the future of education, digital engineering is anticipated to have several beneficial consequences. There is however, concern among ophthalmologists that increased screen time could further worsen the myopia epidemic, along with a substantial reduction in time spent outdoors. For children younger than 2 years of age and no more than 1 hour a day for children 2 to 5 years of age, the WHO and the American Academy of Pediatrics allow for no screen time at all although no guidelines are provided for older children and teenagers who are in the age groups in which time spent o...