The Minister for Education says she is working to introduce a ban on mobile phones in secondary schools.
The move comes as somewhat of a shift from the Minister’s initial focus on smartphone use among primary school students.
In November, Kerry Fianna Fáil TD and Education Minister Norma Foley introduced a new Government policy to encourage parents to avoid buying smartphones for primary school-aged children.
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She says phone use isn’t as much of a problem in primary schools as it is in secondary schools.
