The National Party in New Zealand wants to stop students from using cellphones in schools if it wins the elections in October. Christopher Luxon, the leader of the party, said this is a way to improve the low grades of students in the country.
Recent years have shown that school performance is going down, and official data revealed that 15% of students leaving school last year didn’t have any qualifications. Last month, a report from the UN also said that cellphones make it hard for students to focus and learn well in 14 countries, including New Zealand.
Luxon believes that banning cellphones is a smart way to help students learn better. He said that feedback from parents and teachers and research show that phones distract students and make it difficult for them to do well in school.
However, the Secondary Principals Association disagrees with this idea. They think it won’t work and isn’t needed. While some schools might be doing well without cellphones, others might need them for teaching and learning.
It won’t really affect me because my school says yes too phones but only once out of school grounds allowed to use them, though I really feel those whouse their phones at school, you are just so use to using them, it won’t feel right.
You can’t stop me from using my phone. This is dumb and It won’t work.
This rule to be honest doesn’t really affect anyone mostly because students use their laptops or comupters to study, i have never seen anyone use their phone for studying. But high schools do allow phone use in between classes which im not sure whether this is has any affect on the students study.
this is so stupid because schools can already ban phones.
The grades going down is probably because of lockdown
i never want phones to be ban from school ever!
this rule is stupid i dont like it
This isn’t a problem or a change for me because my school locks phones and other valuables away so that other children can’t steal and so we can’t use them during class.
Interesting article!
well i think its smart
so smart
I think its smart
Cell phones distract you I think I agree with Lilian I don’t know who you are but I agree.
on our phones we need to call parents or help in an emergency
I think this is great!
Its a hard decision, but I don’t think phones need to be put away during school hours