The Generalitat wants to ban mobile phones at all stages of compulsory education
- From Early Childhood Education to the end of Compulsory Secondary Education, the Minister of Education of the Generalitat de Catalunya aims to ban mobile phones in schools. It also aims to study the lack of technological materials in the classrooms of children up to 6 years old and the digitization of schools.
Nowadays, in Catalonia, smartphones are banned in Primary Education, and in theory they are used quite exceptionally in ESO for educational purposes. According to the latest studies, however, in practice this is not the case and mobile phones are often used in Catalan schools. The intention of the Education Counselor, Esther Niubó, is to combat this and directly ban mobile phones at all stages.
Not only that, but up to the age of 6, Niubó also proposes not to use technological materials in classrooms. In this sense, the Barcelona City Council extracted all the technological material from the nurseries in 2022, seeing that the communication of the children and the connection and relations between them were being affected.
You need to find a way to educate yourself in digital skills while maintaining a healthy environment
Finally, they will analyze how the digitalization of schools is being carried out, for which Ivalua will analyze the implementation of technology in the classrooms in recent years and the use of computers, laptops and others by students. In the words of Niubó, the excessive use of screens has aroused social concern, but at the same time, technology is an important learning resource and it is necessary to look for ways to educate in digital skills, maintaining a healthy environment.
In order to carry this out and consolidate the strategy, the Department of Education has requested a report from a group of experts. Among other things, the experts will focus on the effects of screens on health and the social and educational approach, stating clearly that the effects are not only aimed at schools, but also at home and family dynamics.
Call on the government to ban mobile phones
In the same vein, the Head of Lift initiative has requested the Department of Education of the Basque Government to enact regulations to prohibit the use of mobile phones in schools. In fact, the government currently leaves the decision at the expense of each school, and the initiative wants schools to be a breathing space free of mobile phones. To this end, the Head of Elevation has initiated a collection of signatures.
The Barcelona City Council took all the technological material out of the nurseries, seeing that the communication and relationships of the children were being affected
Concerned about the early and excessive exposure to screens in children and adolescents, more and more parents have joined the Lift Head initiative, and the achievements are evident: There are more and more young people who do not have a mobile phone when they move to ESO, according to their families.
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