Accordingly, students who have a mobile phone should hand over the device before the start of classes and only get it back when leaving the school building.

"The increasing use of smartphones impairs attention, distracts children from lessons, and also comes at the expense of social interaction," argued NEOS state chairwoman Indra Collini in a statement on Monday. She sees the education directorate as being challenged to develop a uniform implementation of such a ban. Additionally, the NEOS are demanding a nationwide regulation to provide clarity.

NEOS Want Mobile Phone Ban in Elementary Schools in Lower Austria

The state of Lower Austria recently spoke out against a general mobile phone ban in schools. However, the younger the girls and boys are, the more restrictive the handling of smartphones should be, it was said at the end of January from the office of Education Councillor Christiane Teschl-Hofmeister (ÖVP). Especially in elementary schools, the use of digital teaching content is generally limited to a minimum. They are clearly against the use of mobile phones unrelated to lessons during school hours.

(APA/Red)

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