The Minister of Education is considering ideas to outlaw cell phones in secondary schools, reports Breaking News.
Mobile phones are not allowed at post-primary institutions, according to Norma Foley.
As part of a campaign to “keep childhood smartphone free,” the Department of Education released instructions for parents last year, reports Breaking News.
The minister for Fianna Fáil plans to take action to cut down on cell phone use in classrooms.
During her speech in Ardscoil Ris, north Dublin, Ms. Foley mentioned the “huge body of work” the government has done on mobile phones.
“I’ve met with mobile phone providers, I’ve met with the social media platforms and we will continue to educate both at primary and at post-primary, but I am now in a space where I’m saying … looking to introduce a ban on the mobile phone at post-primary,” the Kerry TD said, reports Breaking News.
“I think we’re very conscious of the world in which we live. All studies, including, for example the United Nations study last year, telling us that mobile phones interrupt learning in a school environment. Obviously they’re a cause of cyber bullying and we know too the conversation, the integration, the community of conversation that’s so important in school, is very much interrupted by the fact that students take out their mobile phones at different times,” reports Breaking News.
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