In the future, the schools of Austria must largely become mobile phones -Minister of Education Christoph Return (Neos) has announced a ban on mobile phones on Monday in the first eight school levels. The new regulation, which must be issued in February, not only affects the lessons, but also.
However, the school community committee can solve autonomously exceptions. This was announced by the department head in a press conference on Monday afternoon. It is still open or similar regulations for the other school levels.
Before the announcement, repetition was advised with experts and the consensus sees that the negative effects of mobile devices in schools are “huge”. They are even larger than that via Corona Pandemic. That is why you must now find a mode to promote digital learning and at the same time bring about digital distraction.
Applies in the classroom and breaks
This month, the minister therefore wants to issue a regulation and in which schools have generally declared a mobile telephone -free zone. This applies to both classes and the breaks. Where mobile phones, smartwatches and the like are kept, the schools can decide independently. However, it must be clarified in the Regulation that sanctions can also be imposed on the side of the educational institution in the event of violation. Returning Klasboekgeldingen or the convocation of parents gave as examples.
The minister does not see that Real does not change much, because schools can already set up corresponding regulations. It is a completely different approach to say that the school is a mobile phone zone. This also strengthens the back of the directors.
80 percent already have a ban on mobile phones
This was exactly what Karin Spahn saw, who participated in the press conference as a representative of the school leaders. 80 percent of the schools already had rules that would be a ban. However, a corresponding regulation of the ministry is a “enormous reinforcement”. According to her, problems with the mobile phones are mainly reported from secondary schools.
Clear support for return came from the environment doctor Hans Peter Hutter. From a medical point of view, the measure only has advantages. Excessive use of mobile phones has many negative effects. This starts with increased irritability and goes for fear of sleep disorders. Moreover, the existing lack of movement continues to increase.
FPö sees pure symptom control
FPö -Training spokesperson Hermann Brückl, however, only saw a symptom control on the part of the government. Instead, politics should tackle the deeper causes of decreasing education and learning success: “This includes the enormous lack of teachers, but especially the very problematic immigration in our school system.”
The spokeswoman for Green Education Sigrid Maurer also responded critically to the announcement. So far, most schools have set mobile telephone regulations in their home regulations and this works well. “Now the school lines are no longer responsible for the forbidden, but for the exceptions – that smells a bit of the apparent policy,” Maurer said in a broadcast.
Source: Krone
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