Government To Ban Phones, Smartwatches And Tablets In Schools

Phones, tablets, and smartwatches will be banned from classrooms in the Netherlands from January next year.

The Dutch government said the move is to stop pupils from being distracted from their school work.

Devices will only be allowed if they are needed for the lesson, for medical reasons, or for people with disabilities.

The ban is currently an agreement between schools and the government, but Robbert Dijkgraaf did say schools were not able to make changes by the summer of 2024, legal rules could follow.

Government To Ban Phones, Smartwatches And Tablets In Schools

“Students need to be able to concentrate and need to be given the opportunity to study well,” says education minister, Robbert Dijkgraaf.

“Mobile phones are a disturbance, scientific research shows. We need to protect students against this.”

The ban follows a similar decision in Finland last week.

However many others argue that smart devices should be considered like computers.

They are an important bit of tech which affects all our lives and if used properly could help people with school work and in their jobs as adults.

So it’s important that children in school learn how to use them properly as part of their studies.

BY IYABO AINA

Publisher Of News Rain Nigeria