A circular, signed by the Minister of Education and Merit Giuseppe Valditara, was distributed to schools, containing indications on the use of cell phones and similar electronic devices in the classrooms.
The ban on using mobile phones during lessons
is confirmed
, "since it is an element of distraction for one's own and others and a lack of respect for teachers, to whom it is a priority to restore authority", says the minister.
The circular does not introduce disciplinary sanctions.
The use of cell phones and other electronic devices may be permitted for educational purposes.
The ministerial circular therefore confirms the ban on using mobile phones during lessons, "since it is an element of distraction for one's own and others and a lack of respect for teachers", as already established by the 1998 Statute of female and male students and from the ministerial circular n.
30 of 2007.
With the circular, we are not introducing disciplinary sanctions, we are referring to a sense of responsibility.
We also invite schools to ensure compliance with the rules in force and to promote, if necessary, more stringent additions to the regulations and educational co-responsibility pacts, to effectively prevent the misuse of these devices".
The use of cell phones and other electronic devices can obviously be allowed, with the teacher's authorization, and in compliance with the institute regulations, for educational, inclusive and training purposes, also within the scope of the objectives of the National Digital School Plan (PNSD ) and "digital citizenship".
The risks to children's health that may derive from the continued use of cell phones are highlighted in the final report, distributed as an attachment to the circular, of the fact-finding survey carried out in the last legislature by the 7th Commission of the Senate "On the impact of digital technology on students, with particular reference to learning processes".