The Dutch government has announced that cell phones, tablets and smart-watches will be largely banned from classrooms in the Netherlands from January 1, 2024, in a bid to limit distractions during lessons.
The Dutch Ministry of Education said devices will only be permitted if they are specifically needed, for example during lessons on digital skills, for medical reasons or for people with disabilities.
In a statement, Minister of Education, Robbert Dijkgraaf, said: “Even though mobile phones are intertwined with our lives, they do not belong in the classroom.
“Students need to be able to concentrate and need to be given the opportunity to study well. Mobile phones are a disturbance, scientific research shows. We need to protect students against this.”
The ban was agreed by the ministry, schools and related organizations.
Dijkgraaf said schools can find their own way to organize the ban but legal rules will follow if this does not yield enough results by the summer of 2024.
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