Rules around mobile phone use in schools could be implemented in every state in Australia with growing calls for a national policy, Yahoo News reports.
Queensland is the only state not to have implemented phone rules for state schools, with other jurisdictions either imposing a ban or asking students to turn them off.
Federal Education Minister Jason Clare says that he will meet with his state and territory counterparts in the coming months to discuss implementing a national policy.
“I think the time has come for a national approach to the banning or the restriction, the use of mobile phones by students in schools,” he told ABC Radio Brisbane.
“I think there is a good argument that we should be moving to a national best practice approach. And I’m intending to put this on the agenda when education ministers meet again in the middle of this year.
“But also not make the decision on our own, talk to parents, talk to principals, talk to teachers about what‘s the best approach to take.”
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‘It’s time’: National phone ban encouraged (Yahoo News)
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