Minister of Education addresses use of mobile phones in schools: focus on education, not prohibition

The Minister of Education, Anna Simó, assured this Wednesday “it is not so much about prohibiting, as about educating”, in relation to the use of mobile phones in educational centers. This was stated in the control session in the plenary session of the Parliament in response to a question from Junts deputy Judith Toronjo, after it was announced that the Catalan School Council (CEC) has called a plenary session for November 16. extraordinary to address this issue. “It is not so much about prohibiting as it is about educating. And educating does not mean regulating the use of mobile phones inside and outside, but also giving tools to adolescents and their families so that they can deal with the content they can find judiciously,” he explained. she. According to Simó, they can regulate the presence of the cell phone at certain times and spaces, but she believes that arguments must be made and that they must go “as one with the families and the educational community.” After admitting that the presence and use of mobile phones is generating controversy and concern, the counselor has specified that the School Council of Catalonia will begin a participatory process in the 12 territorial services to prepare a document with recommendations on its regulation before the end of the year. She also plans to hold a work session with the main family associations, with the citizen group that has promoted the debate and with representatives of pediatrics.