France to trial ban on mobile phones at school for children under 15
by Kim Willsher in Paris from World news | The Guardian on (#6Q9D4)
Digital pause' experiment at 200 secondary schools could be extended nationwide in January
France is to trial a ban on mobile phones at school for pupils up to the age of 15, seeking to give children a digital pause" that, if judged successful, could be rolled out nationwide from January.
Just under 200 secondary schools will take place in the experiment that will require youngsters to hand over phones on arrival at reception. It takes the prohibition on the devices further than a 2018 law that banned pupils at primary and secondary schools from using their phones on the premises but allowed them to keep possession of them.
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