Unesco called for a worldwide ban on smartphones in classrooms, claiming that excessive usage was linked to reduced educational performance and emotional problems.

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Unesco Calls for School Smartphone Ban

In case you missed it. That's what we're going to turn to UNESCO called for a worldwide ban on smartphones in classrooms claiming that excessive phone usage was linked to reduced educational performance. The recommendation is from the 2023 global Education monitoring report released yesterday, also claimed that high levels of screen time had a negative effect on children's emotional stability and said only technology that has a clear role in supporting learning should be allowed in school. It estimated that one in four countries have already banned smartphones in schools including France, Finland and Italy. What do you think about this? I know this ages me but I remember the same conversation. This is aging me so badly with calculators when I was in school. I'm not saying it's the same because UNESCO is actually saying that these phones are also involved in cyber bullying during the school hours. I do think a phone like a calculator could be an educational tool. I think just so hard to regulate it, regulate it, especially for teachers and educators inside the classroom. I don't have Children, but I do think technology is pretty common in classrooms these days. Everyone has an ipad. Right. A lot. Yeah, exactly. A laptop or an ipad. So, I guess if you can use those and have access to technology without the messaging teachers, hopefully some of those bad things like cyber bullying would be weeded out.