The Denmark government has planned a legal ban on mobile phones and private tablets on all primary and secondary schools (focuscol) and school shortage. The equipment should not only be disappeared in the classroom, but also during the break, the children and the Minister of Education said. According to the policies of Danish newspaperSee the headmaster seriously advance. A few years ago, the Danish government initially banned the ban.
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U -turn is appropriate with the recommendation of a commission for children’s wells. Bizarreness In 2023, it was established to go down to increase dissatisfaction between children and teenagers. Mobile phone ban is one of 35 recommendations that have been made. For example, websites also affect the designs of age and addiction. The Commission recommends that children under the age of 13 do not give smartphones or their tablets. Mobile phone restrictions in schools are equal to the ban on smoking.
Headmaster reacted with suspicion
Denmark’s Headmaster Association Scolderingon is not enthusiastic about the legislative initiative. Chairman Dort Andreas argues that most of the schools in the country already have their own rules. Schools are afraid of their sovereignty. It is a difference whether schools automatically issue restrictions or it is determined by law.
Denmark is in the best company with its advances. More and more countries all over the world are considering better protecting children and adolescents from the dangers emanating from devices and internet. In Australia, a social media ban for children and adolescents under 16 is asked to improve. In France, there is a mobile phone ban in schools since 2018. Norway has ordered a minimum age for 15 years for social media. In Denmark, the study came to the conclusion that 9 to 14 years old children spend three hours on Tikkock and YouTube every day. 94 percent before the age of 13 was already a social media profile.
European Union should also help
The commission for wel -curbing is not only about the harmful effects from the network, but also what children miss through media consumption: essential components of childhood such as holiday activities, meetings and friends and family With time, game more. Denmark should also put pressure on the European Union to introduce Europe -Wide Rules.
(MKI)
