Sound pollution threat to academic studies

Of late, sound pollution has reached an alarming stage in human life. It is chasing us everywhere. In schools, colleges, universities, offices and even in hospitals we often hear an explosion of deafening sound.The quietness of our life has totally vanished. We lose concentration while in classes and also reading. Even within our homes sound […]

Of late, sound pollution has reached an alarming stage in human life. It is chasing us everywhere. In schools, colleges, universities, offices and even in hospitals we often hear an explosion of deafening sound.
The quietness of our life has totally vanished. We lose concentration while in classes and also reading. Even within our homes sound has been chasing us away. On our academic campuses which need utmost quietness, sound is also chasing us away.
Many are the causes of this problem of sound pollution. Microphones, drum-bands blare out day in day out in schools, in churches and in mosques, especially during students’ social activities. Film songs and music are played on stereos at top volume in various shops, hostel rooms, symposiums.
During religious, social and academic festivals, crackers are burst indiscriminately and as a result, the lives of the children and the aged persons as well as the examinees become miserable.
Strict laws are needed to take effective steps against the misuse of microphones and drums-band, which sometimes become responsible for learning disconnection. It is also responsible for deafness and psychological imbalance.
Government should take steps to control the sound pollution. Therefore, everyone must cultivate the virtues of quietness in domestic as well as in public life, especially in schools.

Benjamin is a 300 level student of Mass Communication, ABU, Zaria