France tightens control of smartphone in schools

Starting in September, the French education system, especially in secondary schools, will not allow students to use their smartphones in school.

The devices will remain in lockers or sealed bags in order to reduce the exposure of young people between 11 and 14 years old to screens. With this measure, France is strengthening safety and well-being measures. Students will be able to pick up their cell phones at the end of classes, once the electronic security lock has been unlocked.

With this measure, the French government strengthens the regulations in this area it has implemented since 2018, when smartphones were banned in schools, arguing that “they must remain turned off and stored in students’ backpacks throughout the school day.”

The decision was announced by the French Minister of Education, Élisabeth Borne, before the Senate, stating: “At a time when the use of screens is widely questioned due to its numerous harmful effects, this measure is essential for the well-being and academic success of our children.”

The French government has referred to this ban as a “digital break,” part of a pilot program “that has been implemented in around one hundred French secondary schools during the current academic year to test the effects of not using mobile devices for the entire school day on more than 50,000 students over the age of 11.”

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Source: elcomercio

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