MPs urge under-16s UK smartphone ban and statutory ban in schools
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/may/25/mps-urge-under-16s-smartphone-ban-statutory-ban-schools
Posted by vriska1
MPs urge under-16s UK smartphone ban and statutory ban in schools
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/may/25/mps-urge-under-16s-smartphone-ban-statutory-ban-schools
Posted by vriska1
3 Comments
I’m sure the kids will explode if you ban them in school, but it’s not the worst idea I’ve heard. I can see more drawbacks than benefits to everyone having them all the time.
I’m not sure banning under 16s generally is realistic at all though.
I’d go one step further in schools and strip out all the technology. A school smartphone ban seems stupid when schools have then dropped absolutely eye watering amounts of money to put Chromebooks and iPads into children’s hands, often unnecessarily given they’re often used poorly. They end up being an expensive, hard to maintain gimmick that just adds another distraction to the school environment. Go back to learning with books and paper.
Don’t see why they are not already, my daughters school allows phones and they just cause havoc.
All under 16s have got no reason what so ever to be on social media, a phone for calls and texts yes but not Snapchat tiktoc and the rest of the pointless mind numbing toxic shite