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France tightens restrictions on mobile phone use in high schools

Politiko 2025-04-13 10:58:32

France tightens restrictions on mobile phone use in high schools

France will tighten its ban on mobile phone use in secondary schools, making students aged 11 to 15 lock their devices in a locker or bag at the start of the day and only use them again when they leave.

The Minister of Education told the Senate that she wanted children to be completely separated from their phones throughout the school day in all French secondary schools from September, foreign media wrote.

Élisabeth Borne said: "At a time when their use is being widely questioned due to its many harmful effects, this measure is essential for the well-being and success of our children at school."

In 2018, France banned children from using mobile phones in all secondary schools – known as colleges.

This means that phones must remain turned off in school bags and cannot be used anywhere on school grounds, including during recess.

Schools have reported a positive effect, with more social interaction, more physical exercise, less bullying and better concentration.

But some reported that some children would sneak into the toilets to watch videos on their phones during recess.

Now the government says it is necessary to go further, completely separating children from their devices for the entire school day.

This mandatory "digital break" - as the French government calls it - has been tested in a pilot scheme in around 100 secondary schools for the past six months, with children giving up their phones upon arrival - placing them in a locker or box, or in a special bag that can only be unlocked by an electronic system at the school gates as they go home.

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