A new UN report raised concerns on Wednesday about the excessive use of smartphones, calling for them to be banned in schools worldwide. According to the UN's education, science and culture agency UNESCO, the over-use of mobile phones impacts learning.
  • @argv_minus_one@beehaw.org
    0•11 months ago

    Emergencies and early pickups should be the responsibility of the adults i.e. teachers and administrative staff. They are responsible for you while in school so they need to be informed either way.

    Learning tool for people with disabilities? No they should get real/proper tools and help/assistance.

    The real world doesn’t work that way. Horror stories abound of school staff blatantly ignoring students’ special needs.

    • @ninjan@lemmy.mildgrim.com
      0•11 months ago

      And that problem is of infinitely higher priority than banning phones in school 100%. Allowing phones is not a solution to that very real problem.

      • @argv_minus_one@beehaw.org
        1•11 months ago

        Let’s review the available options here:

        1. Allow phones in school. This partially mitigates the problem by allowing neglected children to call for help.
        2. Don’t allow phones in school. This does not at all mitigate the problem; neglected children remain helpless.

        There is no third option of solving the problem of children being neglected in schools. That would require people who don’t care to magically start caring, which obviously isn’t going to happen.

        Therefore, the greatest harm reduction is achieved through option 1.