New South Wales (NSW) students will be barred from using their phones at the start of term four in October.
Newly elected NSW Education Minister Prue Car said the ban would improve educational outcomes, reduce distractions in classrooms, and help address cyberbullying issues.
Students will hand over their devices at the beginning of the day, before retrieving them once school is finished.
Car told 2GB radio on April 3 that the ban would also apply during recess and lunch.
Car said she has “lost count” of the number of times teachers have reported students sitting in the playground playing on their phones rather than interacting with each other….