Sir Kir Stamor To consider is under pressure to consider “heavy evidence” from New Zealand Ban on smart phones from schools.
In a special interview with IndependentNew Zealand Education Minister Erica Stanford said she has heard about “very positive response” World Angry Phone Ban In our country, with more engagement in schools and low cyberbulling.
New Zealand National Party The government now expects it to take it forward and ban social media for the Under -16.
This comes when the pressure to introduce similar measures in Sir Kir’s government is increasing in which the Tory and the campaign groups have been pressurized to ban.
The New Zealand government banned mobile phones in schools last year.
Ms. Stanford told Independent: “I have been told that students are focusing more on their learning in class, they are engaged with their peers, reading more books, playing outside are playing outside and there are less reports of cyber-Badmashi.
“I am committed to sure that children are not only safe, but focused in class. Removing the distraction of cell phones ensures better engagement in the classroom and improves the achievement and goodness of the student.”
In the UK, a push by Toryse recently to add children’s good and amendment to schools, which schools would need to restrict the use of phone during school day, were discontinued by the government.
Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has urged ministers that “almost every school” already claimed to ban the phone after Sir Kir Stmper labeled the amendment as “completely unnecessary”.
Ms. Badenoch claimed: “The Prime Minister is wrong: not all schools do this. Only one of the 10 schools is a smartphone-free.”
Despite the government’s stance, Education Secretary Bridget Philipson has reviewed a review of “whether schools in England are banning children’s phones and are the restrictions effective”.
In New Zealand, the national party’s election promise was congratulated with suspicion, criticism and an perception that the students would secretly become. Now, it is being praised by students and teachers.
Anna Wilson, acting theory of Wellington East Girls College in the country’s capital, said that the state -funded school has only seen positive results from the ban.
He said: “We see a lot of social interaction in the brakes, such as playing cards, volleyballs on courts, lunchtime activities and clubs that are student -led.”
The nationwide ban came into force in April last year, but Ms. Wilson’s school launched a slightly ahead of the nationwide rollout, embedding it firmly in school life from the beginning of the year, “and the pace continued throughout the year.”
However he took charge with the ban, he said, “The government’s policy was helpful in all schools as each school collectively was doing this in its premises at the same time”.
Wellington College’s Head Prefect Fred Openhis, an all-boys secondary school, told Independent The ban had a positive impact on the students.
He said: “I think the phone ban has greatly increased the engagement and efficiency in the classroom because students know that if they check their phone or bring it out without the permission of the teacher, then there are well known results.”
Openhis said the initial response came with concerns because the idea of ​​not having a phone in school was “difficult”. However, he said that it did not take long for the students to adjust, and most of the students said it was not as bad as they had estimated.
Jonathan Hadt, one of the most vigorous advocates for phone-free schools, has been a leading American social psychological and author of Bestsailing Book The Annixius Generation: How the Great Repetition of Childhood is causing an epidemic of mental illness,
He said that two years after schools are completely called, they always report a large decline in disciplinary problems and increase students engagement in the classroom.
“My favorite results: Teachers and administrators say ‘We listen to laughter again in the hallway.”
The New Zealand ban applies to all state schools and hopes the cell phone to be closed and away during the day, however, schools are allowed to decide how to apply it.
Mobile phones can only be used for educational purposes, however, there is a discount for students who need their phone to learn challenges or health reasons. Parents and parents should go to the school office and contact their child.
However, some doubts have been raised by the Labor Party in New Zealand.
Willow-Gyne Prime, New Zealand Labor Opposition spokesman, told Independent: “It is important that young people are capable of focusing in school, and phones can be an distraction; but on the flip side, many students require cell phones, for example for accessibility reasons.
“In New Zealand, these are the individual school boards of trustees that set rules for the operation of schools. Schools have always been able to ban cell phones in school if they believe that it is appropriate, and many have already done.”
