Clear mobile phone ban in schools: Educational city council demands uniform rules!

Clear mobile phone ban in schools: Educational city council demands uniform rules!

A clear sign is the Viennese educational landscape: Christoph Return, City Councilor of Education of the NEOS, calls for a strict ban on cell phones at elementary schools. In an interview with the Ö1 morning journal, he vehemently commented on the negative effects of cell phones that not only disturb lessons, but also impair the social interaction of the children. Return said: "Mobiles are a real concentration killer." He is optimistic that concrete steps can be initiated until the upcoming election in order to create a nationwide regulation that regulates the use of cell phones in schools, as wien.orf reported.

In Carinthia, this regulation is already a reality: A recently a ban on cell phones at elementary schools, which calls on schools to anchor corresponding measures in their house regulations. A similar decree is currently being worked on in Styria. While the majority of the Austrian schools have so far made the decision to use cell phone independently, the call for uniform rules is becoming increasingly louder. As part of his action, return sees the need to found an expert committee that should develop specific measures and a possible ban. The city council of education emphasizes the central importance of the child's and youth welfare: "It is very important to me to listen to listen to solutions together," return to the planned procedure. This is also confirmed by meinzirk.at , which illuminates the discussion about a stricter rules in Vienna.

Currently, schools independently decide on cell phone uses in class, but many teachers have already signaled that various regulations for mobile phone use are available in their schools. According to a survey, over 90 percent of teachers in elementary schools stated that there are bans or specific rules. The need for uniform handling, which is required in the school autonomy frame, is becoming increasingly important, since there are no binding requirements so far. The discussion about the guidelines for cell phone use thus shows both the urgency and the complexity of the matter in the Austrian educational landscape.

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