Mobile Phones in Schools

Part of the debate – in the Scottish Parliament am 4:48 pm ar 3 Medi 2024.

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Photo of Sue Webber Sue Webber Ceidwadwyr 4:48, 3 Medi 2024

Leadership is about taking bold and courageous decisions. Alongside teaching groups and experts such as Lindsay Paterson, I have been calling for a ban on mobile phones in classrooms for quite some time now. Can the cabinet secretary confirm today that the approach in her action plan will empower our schools and headteachers to take the necessary action to do that, or are we, in the words of Lindsay Paterson,

“leaving it up to schools to argue it out with resentful adolescents and stroppy parents”?