With SEA ex­ams just days away, the THA's Di­vi­sion of Ed­u­ca­tion, Re­search and Tech­nol­o­gy of (DERTech) is ask­ing all po­lit­i­cal par­ties and their sup­port­ers to shut off the noise.

The Di­vi­sion wants a full 24-hour qui­et pe­ri­od—from 3:00 p.m. on Wednes­day, April 9 to 3:00 p.m. on Thurs­day, April 10—so Stan­dard Five stu­dents can fo­cus, re­vise, and rest be­fore the big day.

“This brief pause in cam­paign-re­lat­ed ac­tiv­i­ties, in­clud­ing mo­tor­cades, am­pli­fied an­nounce­ments, and pub­lic ral­lies, will help to cre­ate a sense of qui­etude and fo­cus,” the Di­vi­sion said in a re­lease.

DERTech al­so urged the gen­er­al pub­lic, cam­paign teams, and event plan­ners to keep vol­umes down around schools all week. “A qui­eter at­mos­phere will go a long way in help­ing stu­dents re­main fo­cused, well-rest­ed, and emo­tion­al­ly bal­anced.”

The Di­vi­sion ac­knowl­edged the en­er­gy of the po­lit­i­cal sea­son but called for a col­lec­tive ef­fort to pro­tect the well-be­ing of young learn­ers. “We ap­pre­ci­ate your un­der­stand­ing and part­ner­ship at this crit­i­cal time.”

The SEA ex­am takes place on Thurs­day, April 10.