The President makes it French: Stopting Children Phones

This is the first time a country has stopped calling at a national school. This reform was one of President Emmanuel Macron's election promises. Earlier, in 2010, students were banned from phone use in class, but as teachers say, this rule had no real effect. Why?

Because if children have access to their phones, they'll end up using them at any given moment. But this new reform takes extreme measures by not allowing children to carry their phones.

Modern-day “Children no longer play rest time, but stay all the time simply observing their smartphones. And from an educational point of view, this is a fundamental problem”, the minister said in his statement.

According to the “The Telegraph”, under this law, children will not be allowed access to their phones during school hours, including lunch breaks and interhour holidays. The minister referred to many studies showing phone use was dangerous for children and also said the school should do its part to prevent children from developing dependence on mobile phones.

In view of the number of children having a telephone, it may be a little difficult to stop all these children from taking their phones to school, especially when parents are concerned about their safety and feel that the phone is the best way to contact children in emergency situations.

Mr. Blancer said he is willing to make tolerances in cases when proven to be necessary for educational or security reasons.