STRICTER rules around the use of mobile phones in schools are being considered by education secretary Jenny Gilruth amid concerns they are…
secretary Jenny Gilruth amid concerns they are “detrimental” to brain development.
She said: “When I was last in schools [2015] I could confiscate a phone and I could put it in a brown envelope and the child would not get it back until the next day. Colleagues say they cannot do that today.“Some people can argue phones can be great learning devices and can be used in the classroom to support learning and teaching.
“Life can be lived out on that device and equally [I think] that device can affect brain development, the way in which you process information. I think it can be detrimental to that.” The Glasgow Gaelic School has also agreed to ban phone use during and between classes with the support of pupils, while hundreds of parents signed a petition urging Dunbar Grammar School to look at limiting use this summer.ooked at 200 education systems worldwide and estimated that one in six had banned smart phones.Unesco said several studies found that bans improved academic performance while allowing access was distracting and gave the potential for cyber-bullying.
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