The generalization of this “digital break”, which would require students to leave their phones at the entrance to the establishment, should be able to be implemented from “January 2025”, according to the resigning Minister of Education.
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Stricter rules in the school playground and corridors. During her press conference on the start of the school year on Tuesday, August 27, the resigning Minister of National Education, Nicole Belloubet, announced the experiment of banning mobile phones in nearly 200 middle schools. In detail, “199 colleges volunteered” to test this “digital pause” from the start of the school year, “more than 50,000 students affected”details the Ministry of National Education in its press kit.
If the use of mobile phones is already prohibited in college, the “digital pause” wanted by the minister aims to go further. It would consist of “leave your cell phone at the entrance” of the school establishment, in order to avoid “at all costs the circulation of mobile phones”, explained Nicole Belloubet in April.
The generalization of this measure, which follows the recommendations of the screen commission wanted by Emmanuel Macron, “should to be able to intervene from January 2025″, said Nicole Belloubet. This measure aims “to prevent online violence” And “to limit exposure to screens”justifies the ministry in its press kit.