Key Points
- A mobile phone ban will be rolled out in NSW public high schools today.
- The government announced the sweeping move in April 2023.
- Premier Chris Minns stressed the importance of the ban which will apply “across the board”.
The state’s public high schools will join government primary schools in enforcing a ban on mobile phones during school hours when term four begins on Monday.
What about other states?
Education Minister Prue Car said every school had been consulting with her department to determine how to enforce the ban.
“We’ve worked with every school across the state to make sure (the ban) fits what’s going to work for them.”
Why did the NSW government impose the mobile phone ban?
Premier Chris Minns stressed the importance of the ban which will apply “across the board”.
An explosion in phone use in schools had coincided with declining test scores, he said. He cited UK research that indicated schools with phone bans had better academic outcomes for 16-year-olds.
Will anyone be exempted from the ban?
“We cannot expect young people to focus on the academic work while they’ve got a phone pinging in their ear every other second.”
Each school will be able to decide how to implement the ban, with some exceptions for students who need their phones for health reasons, such as to monitor blood sugar if they have diabetes.
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