The Minister of Education, Science and Innovation announced today that the Government will recommend that schools ban the use of mobile phones in the 1st and 2nd cycles and impose restrictions in the 3rd cycle.
The measures will be voluntary for schools to adhere to, but their impact will be assessed over the next academic year and the executive does not close the door on banning the use of smartphones in a school context, depending on the results.
In a press conference, at the end of the Council of Ministers meeting, Fernando Alexandre explained that the recommendations of the ministry involve prohibiting the entry or use of mobile phones in school spaces in the 1st and 2nd cycles of primary education.
In the case of the 3rd cycle, the Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation recommends the implementation of measures that restrict and discourage the use of mobile phones, and in secondary education the students themselves should be involved in defining the rules.
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